{"product_id":"the-lobster-coast-rebels-rusticators-and-the-struggle-for-a-forgotten-frontier-paperback","title":"The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Woodard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thorough and engaging history of Maine's rocky coast and its tough-minded people.\"\u003ci\u003e--Boston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn perseverance.\"\u003ci\u003e--USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than four hundred years the people of coastal Maine have clung to their rocky, wind-swept lands, resisting outsiders' attempts to control them while harvesting the astonishing bounty of the Gulf of Maine. Today's independent, self-sufficient lobstermen belong to the communities imbued with a European sense of ties between land and people, but threatened by the forces of homogenization spreading up the eastern seaboard.\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of William Warner's \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Swimmers\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran journalist Colin Woodard (author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good\u003c\/i\u003e) traces the history of the rugged fishing communities that dot the coast of Maine and the prized crustacean that has long provided their livelihood. Through forgotten wars and rebellions, and with a deep tradition of resistance to interference by people \"from away,\" Maine's lobstermen have defended an earlier vision of America while defying the \"tragedy of the commons\"--the notion that people always overexploit their shared property. Instead, these icons of American individualism represent a rare example of true communal values and collaboration through grit, courage, and hard-won wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Woodard\u003c\/b\u003e, an award-winning writer and journalist, is currently the state and national affairs writer at the \u003ci\u003ePortland Press Herald\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaine Sunday Telegram \u003c\/i\u003eand received a 2012 George Polk Award for an investigative project he did for those papers. A longtime foreign correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, he has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and seven continents. His work has appeared in dozens of publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolitico, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNewsweek, The Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington Monthly.\u003c\/i\u003e A graduate of Tufts University and the University of Chicago, he is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nations \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Republic of Pirates\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.44 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253211553894,"sku":"9780143035343","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/a25aKzNFRHcyM3crWjV4Q0tRRGxkUT09.webp?v=1773589830","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-lobster-coast-rebels-rusticators-and-the-struggle-for-a-forgotten-frontier-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}