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Rory Nugent


Rory Nugent is an explorer and a writer. His previous books are The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck and Drums Along the Congo. An accomplished mariner, he has sailed single-handed across the Atlantic four and a half times, his last trip ending in shipwreck.

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Down at the Docks
Written by Rory Nugent

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Anchor | Social Science - Anth/Cultural
978-0-385-72013-7 (0-385-72013-0)

February 9, 2010 | $18.95

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Down at the Docks
Written by Rory Nugent

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ISBN: 9780385720137
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In the opening pages of Moby Dick, Herman Melville called New Bedford, Massachusetts, “the dearest place to live in, in all of New England.” But the old fishing port and manufacturing center—once one of the richest cities in New England—has withered in the modern economy. Its once-prosperous fishermen now struggle with...

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Down at the Docks
Written by Rory Nugent

eBook | 304 pages | Anchor | Social Science - Anth/Cultural
978-0-307-37803-3 (0-307-37803-9)

February 17, 2009 | $15.99

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Down at the Docks
Written by Rory Nugent

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ISBN: 9780307378033
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In the opening pages of Moby Dick, Herman Melville called New Bedford, Massachusetts, “the dearest place to live in, in all of New England.” But the old fishing port and manufacturing center—once one of the richest cities in New England—has withered in the modern economy. Its once-prosperous fishermen now struggle with...

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