Author: Publisher: Youguide International BV
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Youguide International BV
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Ghost Trails of Gloucester's Past
Author: Eileen FryPublisher: Orion
ISBN: 9780900075445
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Gloucester's Ghosts and Giggles
Author: Lyn CindereyPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244013829
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This is my second book, a collection of ghost stories and tales from me and my friends and colleagues. I have shared some experiences both scary and funny.
Gloucester (England)
Author: Publisher: YouGuide Ltd
ISBN: 1837049491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Haunted Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland Counties
Author: Kelly Lin Gallagher-RoncacePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467136247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Few places are as obsessed with the paranormal as New Jersey, and the area once known as West Jersey is a hotbed of supernatural activity. The ghost of a young boy in Mannington appears to welcome guests and partygoers to a historic bed-and-breakfast. The tortured soul of a weathered sea pirate remains in Greenwich, still imprisoned after three hundred years. Malevolent spirits haunt the abandoned Salem County Insane Asylum, menacing those who dared venture to the solitary confinement rooms in the basement. Paranormal investigator and researcher Kelly Lin Gallagher-Roncace shares frightening New Jersey folklore that makes for great fireside storytelling.
Notes and Queries
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
The Last Fish Tale
Author: Mark KurlanskyPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345507738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster has enthralled readers with his incisive blend of culinary, cultural, and social history. Now, in his most colorful, personal, and important book to date, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a disappearing way of life: fishing–how it has thrived in and defined one particular town for centuries, and what its imperiled future means for the rest of the world. The culture of fishing is vanishing, and consequently, coastal societies are changing in unprecedented ways. The once thriving fishing communities of Rockport, Nantucket, Newport, Mystic, and many other coastal towns from Newfoundland to Florida and along the West Coast have been forced to abandon their roots and become tourist destinations instead. Gloucester, Massachusetts, however, is a rare survivor. The livelihood of America’s oldest fishing port has always been rooted in the life and culture of commercial fishing. The Gloucester story began in 1004 with the arrival of the Vikings. Six hundred years later, Captain John Smith championed the bountiful waters off the coast of Gloucester, convincing new settlers to come to the area and start a new way of life. Gloucester became the most productive fishery in New England, its people prospering from the seemingly endless supply of cod and halibut. With the introduction of a faster fishing boat–the schooner–the industry flourished. In the twentieth century, the arrival of Portuguese, Jews, and Sicilians turned the bustling center into a melting pot. Artists and writers such as Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer, and T. S. Eliot came to the fishing town and found inspiration. But the vital life of Gloucester was being threatened. Ominous signs were seen with the development of engine-powered net-dragging vessels in the first decade of the twentieth century. As early as 1911, Gloucester fishermen warned of the dire consequences of this new technology. Since then, these vessels have become even larger and more efficient, and today the resulting overfishing, along with climate change and pollution, portends the extinction of the very species that fishermen depend on to survive, and of a way of life special not only to Gloucester but to coastal cities all over the world. And yet, according to Kurlansky, it doesn’t have to be this way. Scientists, government regulators, and fishermen are trying to work out complex formulas to keep fishing alive. Engagingly written and filled with rich history, delicious anecdotes, colorful characters, and local recipes, The Last Fish Tale is Kurlansky’s most urgent story, a heartfelt tribute to what he calls “socio-diversity” and a lament that “each culture, each way of life that vanishes, diminishes the richness of civilization.”
At the Pulpits of Gloucester: The Sermons of George Whitefield
Author: Publisher: Fig
ISBN: 1619799901
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 957
Book Description
Notes and Queries: a Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Explorer's Guide Virginia Beach, Richmond and Tidewater Virginia: Includes Williamsburg, Norfolk, and Jamestown: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)
Author: Renee WrightPublisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581579039
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The definitive, comprehensive guide to Virginia Beach, Richmond and surrounding areas, with hundreds of lodging, dining, and recreational recommendations. Explore this vital region—Virginia Beach and Richmond, the state capitol. Author Renee Wright offers extensive coverage of Colonial Williamsburg, historic James-town, and Norfolk, home to the great Atlantic Fleet. Includes special sections on Civil War battlefields, maritime history, Hampton Roads’ quadricentennial, and bird-watching opportunities in the region.
