It Is the Codfish and Gloucester Is the Place to Contemplate
An old Gloucester visitor promotes the city as a unique Cape Ann port, famed for vast cod fisheries. He describes dockside loading, salt packing, and drying frames, noting the wealth and culture the town offers. The piece blends travel prose with commentary on Gloucester’s enduring fishery economy.
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