SALT OF THE SEA: The Pacific Coast Cod Fishery and the Last Days of the Sail, by Captain Ed Shields, is a high quality, oversized, hardback book of 238 pages, and includes numerous never-before-published photos from the cod fishing industry. Captain Ed Shields has meticulously and informally detailed the work that went into preparing the fishing fleet for five months in the high seas and ensuring that the ships came back safely with a full hold of cod.
This book sells for $39.95 and is available from most bookstores and from Pacific Heritage Press - you'll find our address on our home page.
Risking their lives, men sailed to the Bering Sea in search of cod from the 1860's until the 1950's. |
Hoisting one of the sails on Sophie Christenson, 1934. Many pictures like this can be seen throughout the book. |
The men on the right are standing on the beach and scraping the sea growth from the underwater portion of the hull of the C A Thayer, circa 1948. |
Sailing day in 1914 for the schooner Charles R Wilson, moored at Pier 1, Seattle. |
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