Fishermen and Fishing Ways

by Peter F. Anson

Fishermen are a breed of their own. They have their own beliefs and superstitions. They have their own special methods of catching fish, and they have to be admired. Surrounded on all sides by the sea, the British Isles have long been dependent on the treasures it holds. Other countries have also gleaned from the sea, providing food, money and a living.

Peter Anson's book reveals all about Fishermen and their ways in a spellbinding manner. For as long as the sea exists there will be fish, barring pollution, and there will always be fishermen.

284 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1932

About the author

Peter Frederick Anson was a marine artist and author of many books on fishing life and religious orders. For fourteen years a brother in an Anglican monastery, he moved over to the Cistercians in the Roman Catholic Church. Coming to the Moray Firth, he spent six years with the fishermen of Buckie and twenty years at Macduff, where he became involved with the Scottish national movement. His most famous book is Fishing Boats and Fisher Folk on the East Coast of Scotland, but his Fisher Folklore is also a standard work.