Flatheads and Spooneys (Ohio River Valley) [Hardcover]

Jens Lund (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 209 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky; 1st ed edition (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813119278
• ISBN-13: 978-0813119274
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,868,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough Presentation of Commercial Fishing, March 2, 2001

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This review is from: Flatheads and Spooneys (Ohio River Valley) (Hardcover)

Jens Lund's book is an excellent and thoroughly-documented study of commercial fishing in the Ohio River Valley. We are fortunate that he documented the occupational traditions associated with fishing because the industry is under stress and rapidly changing. Lund provides rich descriptions of virtually all aspects of commercial fishing, from the various species of fish in the rivers to the variety of boats used and built in the Ohio River Valley and extending into ways of using nets, lines, and fish traps. The book is valuable for folklorists, historians, anthropologists as well as biologists and anyone interested in relationships between environmental concerns and culture. I would recommend this book highly and encourage readers to also look at important studies of maritime folklife such as the book "Beautiful Swimmers," which deals with crabbing in the Cheasapeake Bay and "Gladesmen," which deals with fishing and hunting in the Florida Everglades.