Gilbert l voss robert voss (6 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 176 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.38 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 176.

Zustand: New. 2016. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 pagescrackers, 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.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorGilbert L. Voss (1918-1989) was professor of biological oceanography at the University of Miami. He was the author of several books including Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean.Robert S. Vo.