Acknowledgments
Author’s Note: A Few Words on “Downeast”
Foreword: The Evolution of the Maine Lobster Boat
Preface: The Wooden Boat as a Living Creature
Introduction: The Smell of Cedar
Peter Kass
Will Frost
Bert Frost
Harold Gower
Doug Dodge
The Lowells
Riley Beal and Clinton Beal
Richard Alley and Clifford Alley
Willis Beal
Osmond Beal and Isaac Beal
Calvin Beal, Jr.
Ernest Libby, Jr.
Bunker, Ellis, and Newman
The Riches
The Stanleys
Glenn Holland
The Fastest Lobster Boat Race in the World
Bibliography
About the Author