A Kind of Salt You Can't Shake: One Long Lineage of Boatmen

By Whitney McKendree Moore

This book is based on the collected papers of Captain Earl E. Maxfield, Jr., who comes from a long line of professional mariners: schooner-barge captains, tugboat pilots, even a whaler from New Bedford. They do not call themselves by title; they call themselves "boatmen." Their tales are sometimes harrowing, sometimes tragic, and they bring you into the experience of what it means to "stand on tiptoe" behind the wheel of a towing tug.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492941646
• ISBN13: 9781492941644
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"