
Florida Fishing Captains Oral History Project
Title
Fire in the Water
Files
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Publication Date
10-2017
Abstract
Using rare historical photos and firsthand accounts of five survivors, this book chronicles waterfront and commercial fishing life on Florida's East coast and along the Indian River Lagoon. It centers on Cape Canaveral and Fort Pierce, Florida from early in the twentieth century to the 1994 Florida net ban. It is filled with colorful sea stories and memories of earlier times.
Keywords
Fisheries, Sea stories, Ship captains, Biography, Fishers
Extent
264 pages
Subject: geographic
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Physical Collection
Environmental and Natural History Collection
Call Number
Language
English
Media Type
Biographies
Identifier
S62-00041
Recommended Citation
Howard, Terry L. and Root, Donald E., "Fire in the Water" (2017). Florida Fishing Captains Oral History Project. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_fishing_ohp/3