Record #:

2639

Author(s):

Luster, Michael

Abstract:

Before hydraulic net-pullers came into use in the 1950s, menhaden fishermen working the state's coasts synchronized their net work by chanty singing.

Source:

NC Arts (NoCar Oversize NX 1 N22x), Vol. 6 Issue 1, Spring 1990, p1-3, il

Subject(s):

Menhaden fisheries; Folk songs; Folk singers; Sea songs