Flatheads & Spooneys : Fishing for a Living in the Ohio River Valley.

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Since the early 1800s, people have made a living fishing and harvesting mussels in the lower Ohio Valley. These river folk are conscious of an occupational and social identity separate from those who earn their living from the land. Sustained by a shared love of the river, deriving joy from the beau...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lund, Jens, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Colección:Ohio River Valley series.
Temas:
Fishing > Ohio River Valley > Folklore.
Fishing > Ohio River Valley > History.
Pêche sportive > Ohio, Vallée de l' > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Fishing
Ohio River Valley > History.
Ohio, Vallée de l' > Histoire.
Ohio River Valley
Folklore
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 A History of Fishing and the River Folk; 2 The River's Resources; 3 Watercraft; 4 Hoop Net Fishing; 5 Fishing with Hooks and Lines; 6 Rigid Traps and Walls of Netting; 7 Musselling and Pearling; 8 Marketing, Cooking, and Eating Fish; 9 River Folklore; 10 Learning, Custom, and Identity; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Commercial Fish and Aquatic Life Species; Appendix 2: Mother-of-Pearl Mussel Species; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J.
  • Kl; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z.

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