A Pioneer Son at Sea by Gilbert Voss

A Pioneer Son at Sea by Gilbert Voss

Long before tourism dominated Florida’s coastline, the state was home to dozens of commercial fisheries and ethnically diverse communities of rugged individuals who made their living from the sea. In A Pioneer Son at Sea, a celebrated marine biologist vividly recounts his early experiences fishing both coasts of the peninsula during the Great Depression and World War II. Here are vanished scenes from old Florida: gill-netting for mackerel off Jupiter, the early days of charterboat fishing for sailfish out of Stuart and Boynton, the snapper fleet at Carrabelle, sponge-diving at Tarpon Springs, the oyster fishery at Crystal River, and mullet fishing from airboats at Flamingo. Outsized personalities inhabit these pages—crackers, conchs, now-legendary charterboatmen, Greek spongers, and Cuban vivero captains. These portraits of a bygone era are also remarkable tales of formative chapters in the life of a scientist who later worked tirelessly to preserve our dwindling marine resources.

“This unexpected gem. . sheds a bright, multi-colored light on the fishing industry in southeastern Florida during the 1930s and 1940s . . . . If you want the inside story of a fisherman’s life, this is the place. If you want to understand the passions that drive someone willing to toil for bare subsistence in the chaotic fishing economy, open this book.”
Florida Weekly

Gilbert L. Voss (1918–1989) was professor of biological oceanography at the University of Miami, USA. He is the author of several books including Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean.

Robert S. Voss, the author’s son, is a curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, USA.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780813062525
ISBN 10	0813062527
Titel	A Pioneer Son at Sea
Autor	Gilbert Voss
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	University Press of Florida
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-03-08
Seitenanzahl	200
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.