Toward an oral history of Cape Ann: OH 8, CD 13-CD 15 : Thomas, Gordon

CD 13 TRACKS: 1. 1906 born in Gloucester, father

2. Fathers death in Halifax

3. The Puritan

4. Sable Island, the graveyard of the Atlantic, northwest bar

5 The Puritan blown up by the Germans during WWI

6. WW II: shelled by Nazis, a different breed

7. Flying Fishermen

8. Gloucestermen, Gloucester, mother port

9. P.B.S., the Adventure, zoom cameras

10. Captains Courageous

11. Last American dory trawler

12. Enough Thomases aboard

13. Vessels a passion with me

14. Trips to Boston

15. Photos for Wharf and Fleet

16. How vessels constructed, dangers of early fishing

17. Dead reckoning, down Easters: comparisons, old and new

18. A hard life, the Caviare, no enthusiasm.

CD 14 TRACKS: 1. Gloucester missed its chance

2. People from all over

3. Vessels named after women, and vice versa

4. Sail and power, labor of love

5. Frozen harbor, pollution

6. Fast and Able, prize crews

7. Harbor charm

8. Changes, even the mud was clean

9. End.

CD 15 TRACKS:1. Shipping

2. Handliners and saltbankers

3. Scrod defined

4. Mackerel

5. Power and sail

6. Dangers of gasoline power

7. Fishing off of Georges Bank

8. Halibuting toughest, mackerel fishing easiest

9. Haddocking, Portuguese fishing

10. Shacking

11. Power and sail

12. Skipper's nicknames

13. Interest in horses

14. Financial problems

15. Some closing thoughts

16. Mariner's Museum, Newport News, early interest sparked at Sawyer Free Library.