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Author Lund, Jens, 1946-

Title Flatheads & Spooneys : Fishing for a Living in the Ohio River Valley.

Publication Info. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Ohio River Valley Series
Ohio River Valley series.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 A History of Fishing and the River Folk; 2 The River's Resources; 3 Watercraft; 4 Hoop Net Fishing; 5 Fishing with Hooks and Lines; 6 Rigid Traps and Walls of Netting; 7 Musselling and Pearling; 8 Marketing, Cooking, and Eating Fish; 9 River Folklore; 10 Learning, Custom, and Identity; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Commercial Fish and Aquatic Life Species; Appendix 2: Mother-of-Pearl Mussel Species; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J.
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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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Subject Fishing -- Ohio River Valley -- Folklore.
Fishing.
Ohio River Valley.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Subject Fishing -- Ohio River Valley -- History.
History.
Ohio River Valley -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Title Flatheads and spooneys
Other Form: Print version: Lund, Jens. Flatheads and Spooneys : Fishing for a Living in the Ohio River Valley. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813129686
ISBN 9780813150673 electronic book
0813150671 electronic book