Down at the Docks

Down at the Docks
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780307378033
ISBN-13 : 0307378039
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Book Synopsis Down at the Docks by : Rory Nugent

Download or read book Down at the Docks written by Rory Nugent and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the opening pages of Moby Dick, Herman Melville called New Bedford, Massachusetts, “the dearest place to live in, in all of New England.” But the old fishing port and manufacturing center—once one of the richest cities in New England—has withered in the modern economy. Its once-prosperous fishermen now struggle with government regulations and fished-out seas, while its empty factories now offer more work to the Fire Department than anyone else. In Down at the Docks, Rory Nugent tells the “riches to rags” story of this iconic American town through beautifully told and unsentimental portraits of its residents. Their lives inform a eulogy to the distinctive ideas, traditions, and culture that is about to disappear from the waterfront.


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