Gloucester on the wind
Subtitle: America's greatest fishing port in the days of sail
By: Joseph E. Garland.
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Fishing ports -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester -- Pictorial works.; Gloucester (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Description: Since the development of photography in the mid-nineteenth century, the camera has been used as a tool of both discovery and preservation. Photographs bring alive our image of the past, and can open a floodgate of memories and nostalgia or inspire curiosity and a sense of history. Originally founded by a fishing company from Dorchester, England, in 1623, Gloucester has always been linked to fishing and the sea. By 1870 Gloucester was the leading fishing port in the Western Hemisphere, and its great fleet of fast, white-winged schooners ranged deep into the heart of the Atlantic in search of cod, haddock, halibut, and mackerel. These stunningly beautiful ships and the hardy men who sailed them made “Gloucester” an evocation of courage, perseverance, and seamanship unique in America’s maritime heritage.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]).