Sailing Drifters: The Story Of The Herring Luggers Of England, Scotland And The Isle Of Man
By: By Edgar James March
Edition: Third impression
Publisher: David and Charles
Published: 1952
Place of publication: London, Great Britain
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 410
Copyright date: 1969
First sentence: Fishing must have been one of the first occupations to engage the attentions of primitive man, since the acquiring of food has ever been a paramount necessity for survival.
Notes: First published In 1952 by Percival Marshall and Company Limited | Re-issued in 1969 by David and Charles : Newton Abbot, International Marine Publishing Company, Camden, Maine, USA | Third Impression 1972
Table of contents: label: CONTENTS; label: Preface; label: Photograph Acknowledgements; label: Chapter One
title: Historical
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter Two
title: Development Of The Lugsail
pagenum: 15; label: Chapter Three
title: Drift Net Fishing
pagenum: 23; label: Chapter Four
title: East Coast Luggers
pagenum: 34; label: Chapter Five
title: Conversion To Dandy Rig
pagenum: 55; label: Chapter Six
title: The Great Autumn Fishery
pagenum: 76; label: Chapter Seven
title: Cornwall
pagenum: 97; label: Chapter Eight
title: East Cornish Luggers
pagenum: 117; label: Chapter Nine
title: West Cornish Luggers
pagenum: 138; label: Chapter Ten
title: Isle Of Man
pagenum: 179; label: Chapter Eleven
title: Scotland
pagenum: 223; label: Chapter Twelve
title: Fifies And Zulus
pagenum: 254; label: Chapter Thirteen
title: Yorkshire Coast
pagenum: 289; label: Glossary
pagenum: 359; label: List Of Plates
pagenum: 367; label: List Of Figures
pagenum: 373; label: List Of Scale Plans
pagenum: 375; label: Index
pagenum: 377