Seaworthy, Linda Greenlaw 2010This is an account of an updated swordfishing expedition with Linda as a captain coming out of "retirement" from blue water fishing. I never saw a reference to the year specified, but this action occurs roughly 10 years after her retirement and her entry into lobster...
I liked this book. I just grabbed it from the table at my local library (I hardly ever go into the stacks anymore) which holds suggested reading, both fiction and non-fiction. I've read some of Linda Greenlaw's earlier books and enjoy her fluid writing style, her memories of her experiences. and ...
Linda Greenlaw has written some nonfiction books about her life as a swordfish boat captain and her life as a lobster boat captain on a small island in Maine. I'm drawn in by her writing, but even more so by her topics, especially her love of Maine and the water. So when I saw that she had a my...
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Fear of what I might find mounted with every step I took down the gangway. When I landed on the steel-plated deck, my field of vision was filled from frame to frame with backs and elbows. Archie and Tim were leaning over and on the engine, their combined mass dwarfing what I would otherwise descr...
“Never say never” is well and good, but there are exceptions. And I knew without a doubt that Mariah would never work in the stern of the Mattie Belle with me again. She had, I supposed, learned enough about the meaning of hard work to know that she wanted no part of it. That is as valuable a les...