In interviews with fishhouse and dock workers; boat owners and marine agents; wives, friends, and neighbors of shrimpers; and the shrimpers themselves, Robert Lee Maril reveals the web of social and economic relationships that bind Texas shrimpers to their difficult and often dangerous work. This book is about shrimping as an industry, but it is also about the work, the families, the dreams, and the frustrations of the men who catch the shrimp.
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In interviews with fishhouse and dock workers; boat owners and marine agents; wives, friends, and neighbors of shrimpers; and the shrimpers themselves, Robert Lee Maril reveals the web of social and economic relationships that bind Texas shrimpers to their difficult and often dangerous work. This book is about shrimping as an industry, but it is also about the work, the families, the dreams, and the frustrations of the men who catch the shrimp.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Blue cloth with white lettering on spine, xxi, 222 pp., b/w photos from bygone days, tables, unclipped illustrated jacket. First Edition stated. A book in excellent condition; jacket with minimal wear. The author interviewed a random group of Texas shrimpers as well as fishhouse workers, dock workers, wives, friends and neighbors of shripmers; boat owners, marine agents and others associated with the industry.
