Flatheads & Spooneys : Fishing for a Living in the Ohio River Valley.
Since the early 1800s, people have made a living fishing and harvesting mussels in the lower Ohio Valley. These river folk are conscious of an occupational and social identity separate from those who earn their living from the land. Sustained by a shared love of the river, deriving joy from the beau...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2010.
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| Series: | Ohio River Valley series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | Since the early 1800s, people have made a living fishing and harvesting mussels in the lower Ohio Valley. These river folk are conscious of an occupational and social identity separate from those who earn their living from the land. Sustained by a shared love of the river, deriving joy from the beauty of their chosen environment, and feeling great pride in their ability to subsist on its wild resources and to master the skills required to make a living from it, many still identify with the nomadic houseboat-dwelling subculture that flourished on the river from the early nineteenth century to t. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813150673 0813150671 |