Title:
Draggerman's Haul: Remembering Ellery Thompson
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
great books
Draggerman's Haul
Come Aboard the Draggers
Ellery Thompson, Stonington fishing captain, sea stories, local history, author, artist
A Perfect Lady: A pictorial History of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, by Tido Holtkamp
Mystic's Flat Hammock Press
Draggerman's Haul
Come Aboard the Draggers
Ellery Thompson, Stonington fishing captain, sea stories, local history, author, artist
A Perfect Lady: A pictorial History of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, by Tido Holtkamp
Mystic's Flat Hammock Press
Object ID:
Kim11-064
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
12/17/2007
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
A new edition of a humorous book, Draggerman's Haul, remembers Ellery Franklin Thompson and his life as a Stonington fishing captain. With a foreword by Bernard L. Gordon from NEUniv and an afterword by Stephen Jones, UCONN at Avery Point, Carol Kimball cites Steve's chapter of Ellery's funeral in 1986 as being worth the price of the book. Ellery was born on Pequot Hill in Mystic in 1899 and went to sea at the age of 14. He became a celebrity when Joseph Mitchell profiled him in The New Yorker magazine and later Ellery became a author, Viking Press, with his own story, Draggerman's Haul, in 1947. In 1969 he wrote, Come Aboard the Draggers. He smuggled whiskey during Prohibition and hired a woman on his crew in 1961. All his stories are told with sly humor and a homespun philosophy all his own. He even became an artist who painted nudes as well as boats. Locally, he built up fame as a marine artist. He often painted his own boat, the Eleanor, and it is seen in many Mystic homes today. He was said to have performed secret work with the Eleanor during WWII. He told yarns at the Mystic Seaport. Thanks to Mystic's Flat Hammock Press we have one of his books back with us. They have also published another good book, A Perfect Lady: A Pictorial History of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, by Tido Holtkamp.
People:
Thompson, Ellery Franklin
Gordon, Bernard L.
Jones, Stephen
Mitchell, Joseph
Fonda, Henry
Maxwell, Ed
Merriman, Dan (Dr.)
Holtkamp, Tido
Gordon, Bernard L.
Jones, Stephen
Mitchell, Joseph
Fonda, Henry
Maxwell, Ed
Merriman, Dan (Dr.)
Holtkamp, Tido
Search Terms:
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The New Yorker magazine
Viking Press
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Prohibition whiskey
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local artist
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WWII
Mystic Seaport
Mystic's Flat Hammock Press
book, A Perfect Lady: A Pictorial History of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle
autobiography
Stonington fishing captain
The New Yorker magazine
Viking Press
book, Come Aboard the Draggers
Prohibition whiskey
woman draggerman
local artist
boat, the Eleanor
WWII
Mystic Seaport
Mystic's Flat Hammock Press
book, A Perfect Lady: A Pictorial History of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle