Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Clark, Captain Michael

Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Clark, Captain Michael

Gloucester (Mass.) -- Emigration and immigration -- Newfoundland.;Fisheries -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester.;Oral history -- Massachusetts -- Cape Ann.;Seafaring life -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester.;Sea poetry.

Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- History -- Anecdotes.;Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.

2 sound files, digital, MPEG3 file<br /><br />Listen now:<br /><a href="http://www.noblenet.org/images/glo/oralhistory/OH67CD95Track01.mp3">OH 67 Part 1</a> <br /><a href="http://www.noblenet.org/images/glo/oralhistory/OH67CD95Track02.mp3">OH 67 Part 2</a>

Linda Brayton and David Masters, principal oral historians.;Interviewer(s):David Masters (6/7/1978).

TRACKS:83 years old, born June 28, 1895 -- How he got into fishing, early beginnings in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland -- Torpedoes on the Rob Roy -- Torpedoing of the fishing fleet during World War I - a sporting proposition -- Pre-discussion of the poetry of the sea - how learned, etc. -- Toledo Slim, a recitation -- Dangerous Dan McGrew, a recitation -- Dangerous Dan McGrew, (cont'd.) -- Dangerous experiences aboard ship -- The character of the fisherman theorized -- Different ships traveled -- Another bad experience on the high seas -- Sable Island - the graveyard of the Atlantic -- Another (slower) recitation of Toledo Slim -- Another (slower) recitation of Dangerous Dan McGrew.

The following names and terms were used in this interview:Capt. Carl Olson, Capt. Jack Grant, The Rob Roy, Toledo Slim, Kilarney, Dangerous Dan McGrew.

Originally issued on sound cassettes and transferred to compact discs.

Clark, Michael Interviewee.;Masters, David Interviewer.

[Gloucester, Mass] : Sawyer Free Library

1978

Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- History -- Anecdotes.;Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.