Book
Early Spinner Makers Of Massachusetts
(2019)
Abstract
Outdoor activities such as canoeing, camping, fishing, hiking, and hunting support a wide array of cottage industries, such as the making of flies, lures, and spinners (i.e., terminal fishing tackle). The small-scale production of terminal fishing tackle, mostly flies and spinners, has long been a part of the rural economy of northern New England as documented by William B. Krohn in the e-book, The History of Maine’s Early Fishing Lures and Their Makers. In this 58-page e-book, Krohn shifts south from Maine to Massachusetts and discusses four turn-of-the century fishing tackle makers form the Bay State. This e-book discusses the makers, their businesses, and documents the variety of terminal fishing tackle they produced.
Keywords
- Environmenta history,
- Cottage inductry,
- Massachusetts fishing tackle
Disciplines
Publication Date
February, 2019
Publisher Statement
Shorter versions (i.e., less text and fewer illustrations) of the information in this e-book were previously published in the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club Gazette (GAZETTE). Specifically, the Introduction appeared in the June 2017 issue of the GAZETTE; John, and John W., Shields were cover in the September 2017 issues; George H. Burtis in the December 2017 issue; and Edward A. Grout was the subject of an article in the March 2018 issue of the GAZETTE. I thank the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club for giving me permission to published expanded versions of the original articles.
Citation Information
William B. Krohn. Early Spinner Makers Of Massachusetts. (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william_krohn/77/