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Connolly, James Brendan, 1868-1957

"Wide Courses"


Connolly's reputation as the best delineator of the actual life of our
New England deep-sea fishermen that has yet appeared."--Boston
_Journal_.
"His book gives graphic descriptions of life on board of a fisherman,
and has the genuine salt-water flavor. Mr. Connolly knows just what he
is writing about, from actual experience, as his book very plainly
indicates, and as such it is a valuable addition to sea
literature."--Gloucester _Times_.
"That all the romance and adventure has not gone out of New England
seafaring is easily demonstrated by Mr. Connolly in this volume of
roaring good stories about Gloucester fishermen.... They are capitally
told and they put you right into the life they tell about."--Providence
_News_.
"Mr. Connolly really knows the sea and the men that sail it, and his
love for it is apparent on every page."--_Leslie's Weekly_.
"A collection that for all-round excellence and interest will be hard to
duplicate."--Chicago _Record-Herald_.
* * * * *
THE DEEP SEA'S TOLL
With illustrations by W.J. AYLWARD and H. REUTERDAHL
12mo, $1.50
"Sea stories of the kind you can't help liking. Stirring, heart-moving
yarns of the Gloucester fishermen who brave death daily in pursuit of
their calling."--Chicago _Record-Herald_.
"No teller of sea tales can put the passion of the sea into his stories
more forcibly than Mr.


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