Starting at Sea Level

By Terry Noble

It was the 1950s, and the violent one-hundred-year struggle for control of the Chesapeake Bay's oysters was still raging. Terry Noble was growing up idyllically in the fishing village of Oriole,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979360315
• ISBN13: 9780979360312
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Foggy River Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 4.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Page turner

I didn't expect a memoir to be a page turner, but found myself unable to put the book down because I wanted to hurry and discover the outcome. I really enjoyed the historic aspects but the father/son conflict and funny childhood stories were absolutely wonderful.

STARTING AT SEA LEVEL

Having moved to the Eastern Shore a few years ago I was interested to discover the history and culture. Beginning with the LAST WATERMAN-Lawson and continuing with CHESAPEAKE-Michener,I felt acclamated but still felt something was missing. STARTING AT SEA LEVEL- Noble, helped me to connect on a more intimate level as the authors memoirs reminded me of experiences growing up in New England and to appreciate the universality of the seemingly ordinary events that go almost unnoticed but make us unique. That uniqueness is brought to life fleshing out the character ,personality and goegraphical disticntness of the Eastern Shore as LIONHOUND- Kjelgaard and novels by Jack London did for their regions of the country but in living, real kind of way.

B. Bozman - bayboz

This is a very interesting and enjoyable account of the son of a waterman growing up in a small seafood community on the lower eastern shore. His determination to change his lifestyle makes for a complete story.

Starting at Sea Level

With each chapter I wondered...what scrape is young Terry going to get into next? And how will he survive it? I remember having similar adventures when I was growing up! Using humor and seriousness, he skillfully weaves within his stories the influence of relatives, teachers, friends, neighbors and history of the Chesapeake Bay area.

Great summer, fall, winter or sping read

Terry has done an excellent job with "Starting at Sea Level". This is an often funny yet serious and introspective story about growing up with a dying industry on Maryland's lower Eastern Shore. It clearly addresses the values and influences with which many of us learned to live and survive.