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Dark NoonTom Clavin

Dark Noon

2005256 pages
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Dark Noon is the mesmerizing re-creation of a fateful day at sea. It is also a story of the postwar American dream as experienced in the fishing village of Montauk, Long Island, where fish were money and where optimism and success went hand in hand. And it's a story of the end of an era, when one terrible disaster changed the fishing culture of a prosperous port forever."Meticulously researched. A fascinating story."--Distinction"A first-rate reportorial job that builds to a taut and suspenseful climax of incredible detail. The harrowing description of men gaff-hooked out of the churning…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press · 256 pages · 9780071486590
  • Ebook · English · 2007
    McGraw-Hill · 9780071510226
  • Other · English · 2005
    International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press · 256 pages · 9780071423007
NonfictionSports & RecreationsLong island (n.y.), historySaltwater fishingShipwrecks