Oystering from New York to Boston
By: by John M. Kochiss.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: The American maritime library,; v. 7
Publisher: Published for Mystic Seaport by Wesleyan University Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Oyster fisheries -- New England -- History.
First sentence: From the Introduction:
It is difficult for New Englanders and even New Yorkers to imagine oysters as the chief fishery product of the United States and the most exstensively eaten of all shellfish. Yet at the turn of the century and before, the oyster was indeed king.  Everyone, especially those living along the shore, knew all about this wholesome, nutririous bivalve and the multimillion dollar industry it spawned.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 242-245.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xv; title: Foreword
pagenum: xvii; title: Introduction
pagenum: xix; label: 1
title: The Oyster and its Cultivation
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The History of Oystering in the North
pagenum: 15; title: CONNECTICUT; title: NEW YORK; title: MASSACHUSETTS; title: RHODE ISLAND; label: 3
title: The Oyster Ashore
pagenum: 48; label: 4
title: Shucking, Measuring, and Shipping
pagenum: 64; label: 5
title: Hand Implements
pagenum: 81; label: 6
title: Oyster Tonging Boats
pagenum: 91; label: 7
title: The Sailing Oyster Dredgers
pagenum: 103; label: 8
title: The Sailing Freighters
pagenum: 124; label: 9
title: Powered Oyster Boats
pagenum: 131; label: 10
title: Oystering on the Natural Beds
pagenum: 154; label: 11
title: Shelling in the Housatonic River
pagenum: 171; label: 12
title: Oystering in the 1970s
pagenum: 177; label: Appendix
title: Powered Oyster Dredge Boats of Over Five Tons
pagenum: 187; label: Notes
pagenum: 232; label: Glossary
pagenum: 237; label: Bibliography
pagenum: 242; label: Index
pagenum: 246