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The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean

by Trevor Corson

Life beneath the lobster boats

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praise from The Washington Post

    A favorable quoted assessment praises the book’s treatment of lobster life and its interwoven fishing and scient...

AlbakiReads Editorial

Life beneath the lobster boats

Trevor Corson brings together three perspectives on lobsters: the island fishing community that harvests them, biologists studying them, and the crustaceans’ own undersea lives. The account moves between commercial fishing boats, scuba dives, and the waters of the Gulf of Maine, connecting the work and risks of lobstering with questions about marine life. Its subject is both a coastal livelihood and an animal world that remains partly mysterious to the people who study and catch it. The paperback edition also includes supplementary material such as author interviews and recommended reading.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in marine life and animal behavior.
  • Readers curious about commercial fishing and coastal communities.
  • Readers seeking nature writing that combines human and scientific perspectives.

Themes

Marine lifeCommercial fishingScientific researchCoastal communities

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Book overview

"Lobster is served three ways in this fascinating book: by fisherman, scientist and the crustaceans themselves. . . . Corson, who worked aboard commercial lobster boats for two years, weaves together these three worlds. The human worlds are surely interesting; but they can't top the lobster life on the ocean floor." -- Washington Post

In this intimate portrait of an
island lobstering community and an eccentric band of renegade biologists,
journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing
boats, through danger-filled scuba dives, and deep into the churning currents
of the Gulf of Maine to learn about the secret undersea lives of lobsters.


This P.S.
edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author
interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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