Harpoon at a Venture
β Scribed by Gavin Maxwell
- Publisher
- Birlinn
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0857907042
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β¦ Synopsis
A shark fishery based on the tiny Hebridean island of Soay was the beginning of Gavin Maxwell's enduring love affair with the west coast of Scotland. This, his first book, tells the whole story β the challenge and drama of the shark hunt, the development of catching techniques and equipment, the men who worked with him and some of the frustrations of starting a new enterprise in post-war Scotland. Every chapter is packed with action and anecdote. In each there are also beautifully observed descriptions of sky, sea and the individual islands of the Hebrides as well as their wildlife β from gannets, puffins, Manx shearwaters and fulmars to seals, dolphins and whales.
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