Dogfish Memory Sailing in Search of Old Maine: A Memoir

by Dane, Joseph A.

• ISBN13: 9780881509557
• ISBN10: 0881509558
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-06
• Publisher: Countryman Press

Summary

The Maine dogfish are gone#xE2;#x80;#x94;fished to the brink of extinction. Gone too is Linda Jane, and with her the love and the subjunctive Maine that they might have shared. And what of that fabled #xE2;#x80;#x9C;Old Maine#xE2;#x80;#x9D;? Is it gone for good? Dogfish Memory is the story of the search for an authentic Maine, a Maine of the past, whether historical or simply imagined, and a Maine of the present, one experienced by both permanent residents and seasonal ones#xE2;#x80;#x94;summerfolk. Joseph Dane is both. He has worked on commercial fishing boats as a local and he has sailed the coast for years like those who are #xE2;#x80;#x9C;from away.#xE2;#x80;#x9D; Dogfish Memory tells the story of how his often conflicting Maines are intertwined. Authentic Maine is elusive; stories and even photographs of a past Maine often contradict the memories of those who have lived through the changes they record. Dogfish Memory is thus the story of loss, the loss of a Maine recalled and imagined, and the loss of the love with which Maine is irrevocably associated.