Caught in Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of SailClouds of White Sail tells the story of how early-twentieth-century fishermen from New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces used the International Fishermen's Races to reignite the public's love affair with the beauty of their ships and the romance of the sea in order to hold onto their way of life. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Romanticism and Reality Fishermen as Workers and Heroes | 13 |
Competition and WorkingClass Tradition among the Gloucestermen | 23 |
Class Community and the Fishermen of Gloucester | 33 |
The Early Races 18861913 | 46 |
Bucking the Inevitable The View from the United States | 62 |
Bucking the Inevitable The View from Canada | 74 |
Bona Fide Fishing Vessels The Early Races for the Halifax Herald Trophy 19201921 | 84 |
Forgetting Principle Nationalism Civic Pride and the Quest for the Trophy 1922 | 99 |
Boosterism Sentimentality and WorkingClass Sport Racing Between 1923 and 1929 | 113 |
Clouds of White Sail Romanticism and the End of Racing in the 1930s | 142 |
Continuing Legacies | 161 |
Notes | 167 |
Selected Bibliography | 183 |
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Common terms and phrases
aboard all-sail America's Cup American Fishing Schooners Angus Walters Atlantic Fisherman Banks beam trawler Bluenose II Bluenose's boat Boston Evening American Boston Globe Boston Herald Boston Post Boston Traveller build built Canadian challenge chapter Clayt Morrissey Columbia Connolly contest courtesy of Mystic crew David Masters dory dory fishing dorymen draggers Eastern Point Eastern Yacht Club elimination race Elsie Esperanto Essex event Fast and Able fisheries fishermen fishermen's races fishing captains Fishing Company fishing industry fleet fo'c'sle Glouces Gloucester Gloucester Fishermen Gloucester's Gloucestermen Going Fishing Halifax Herald Trophy Henry Ford Hesper interest international racing international series interview knew Labor launched Lipton Lunenburg Lunenburg County Malcolm Forbes Marty Welch Mass Master Mariners Mayflower McManus Mellow Mystic Seaport Museum Nancy d'Estang Nova Scotia October October-November owners Pine Pine's port racer Schooner Bluenose skilled sport Story Tape recording Thebaud Thomas wanted waterfront Wharf workers working-class yachtsmen York