From the Book - Revised edition
Prologue: arrival of a fisherman
Early fishing at Cape Ann: 1623-1639
Founding a fishing family: 1640-1715
The Wonsons at Sandy Bay: 1716-1795
Prospering at Eastern Point: 1796-1806
Pinkies & salt fish: 1816-1829
Fresh fish from Georges Bank: 1830-1845
A revolution in fishing: 1846-1850
Captains of industry: 1851-1879
Dissolution of Giles & Wonson: 1851-1906
The deadly quest for speed: 1880-1899
Sunset and evening star: 1900-1905
Epilogue: Gorton's of Gloucester: 1906
Appendix A: genealogical tables
Appendix B: food of the Yankee fishermen
Appendix C: related Wonson enterprises
Appendix D: Wonson politics
Appendix E: the Gloucester sea serpent
How this monograph came to be written