A01=Douglas A. Campbell
Author_Douglas A. Campbell
Category=DNB
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Product details
- ISBN 9780786711840
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 19 Mar 2003
- Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the course of thirteen days in January 1999, four commercial clam boats sank in horrifying succession while working the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, taking the lives of ten men. Husbands, fathers, loners, and drug users, each man was lured to the nation's most dangerous trade by the lucrative wages offered to those who dared to reap the harvest of the ocean. In this compelling maritime tale of risk and danger, acclaimed journalist Douglas Campbell compassionately portrays the destinies of the men who lost their lives to the Atlantic and the lure of profits from clamming. From the tough and sometimes troubled young men on deck to their families on shore, and the courageous people who tried to rescue them, this narrative memorializes a way of life, and exposes the hazards of this dangerous trade.
