Up River: The Story of a Maine Fishing Community (Library of New England) [Paperback]

Olive Pierce (Author)

Book Description

Series: Library of New England | Publication Date: June 15, 1996

A portrait in photos and words of the realities of life in a small Maine fishing village.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...conveys sharply and poingnantly...the gritty culture of a last outpost of the beleguered commercial fishing communities on our diminished coasts. -- Peter Matthiessen, author

A valiant portrait that tells the story of Maine fishermen's struggle for subsistence. -- Ralph Nader, consumer advocate

You might find out that we have our own background and a lot of pride. What kind of world would it be if everyone had a college education? Who would catch fish? -- Yvonne Morrison, wife of Johnny Morrison, offshore fisherman

From the Publisher

10 x 8 trim. 63 duotones. LC 95-47137

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Product Details

• Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: UPNE (June 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874517567
• ISBN-13: 978-0874517569
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,461,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars UP RIVER, October 12, 2011

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This review is from: Up River: The Story of a Maine Fishing Community (Library of New England) (Paperback)

From someone that grew up with these hardworking people I can tell you this is an honest account of this unique family. The book was well written and the photos were wonderful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars UP RIVER opens one's eyes to examine the working poor., August 10, 1998

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This review is from: Up River: The Story of a Maine Fishing Community (Library of New England) (Paperback)

Olive Pierce and Carolyn Chute have teamed up to tell it like it is on the coast of Maine, in this home-spun fishing family community.

Olive with her keen eye for catching glimpses of light in phenomenal settings with her camera, and her obviously very relentless effort to live with these folks and document their spirits, has got to stand out as an American best-work The black and white photography is moving to the heart. She qualifies her perspective in the forward to the book, sharing a moment to lead the reader to look and listen to only one's unbiased emotions.

Carolyn Chute is, as always, bold and cutting to the point. She is poetically harmonizing with words and the photography, bringing an explanation to a perspective from deep within the soul--that place sometimes ignored by the demands of our fast-paced material world.

And the people in the book, there just some of the best folks you'd ever want to know. Why? I've not only read the book, I know them. They're real; and UP RIVER proves that low-income people are to be respected for their place in the spectrum of human experience.