October 7, 2018 (p. 26) The Shortlist / Tales from the Sea / By Duncan Strauss THE LAST LOBSTER Boom or Bust for Maine’s Greatest Fishery? By Christopher White 240 pp. St. Martin’s, ISBN 978-1-250-08085-1 $26.99 [Christopher] White, an environmentalist and science writer, provides a guided tour of the plucky subculture of Maine lobstermen, embedding […]
The Last Lobster: Boom or Bust for Maine’s Greatest Fishery? Christopher White. St. Martin’s, $26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-08085-1 After writing ‘Skipjack: The Story of America’s Last Sailing Oystermen’ (2009), White traveled the Maine coast in pursuit of a quintessential lobster town to use as base for his next project, an in-depth look at the state’s […]
The Last Lobster: Boom or Bust for Maine’s Greatest Fishery? Christopher White. St. Martin’s, $26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-08085-1 In this illuminating volume, White (The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers) sets out to capture the look and feel of traditional Maine lobster villages. According to White, a climate-affected fluctuation in lobster populations may […]
Big news this week for “The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers”! We made the NYTBR (January 12, 2014, Sunday issue)–see “Shortlist” review p. 26. The link is: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/books/review/the-climate-casino-by-william-nordhaus-and-more.html An excerpt is: “[A] moving story emerges. It’s a fascinating outdoor adventure, an illuminating look into the science of a melting mountain–and a fresh […]
Homecoming Book Event, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA, June 26, 2014 Join author Christopher White for a special presentation on THE MELTING WORLD at Glacier National Park’s Headquarters (Community Building) in West Glacier, Montana, on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at 12 to 1 PM. THE MELTING WORLD: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers When author Christopher […]
Presentations and Book Signings, Glacier National Park, Montana Join author Christopher White for any of six events featuring “THE MELTING WORLD: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers” at Glacier National Park, Montana, during the week of June 21-28, 2014: Lake MacDonald Lodge, West Glacier, Saturday, June 21st, 1-4 PM St Mary Lodge, Eastside of Park, […]
ANNOUNCING Christopher White’s new book on the Future of Lobstering in New England St. Martin’s Press (MacMillan) has acquired the rights to Christopher White’s fifth book about the impact of ocean warming on the fisheries and culture of coastal Maine. The Gulf of Maine is warming at a faster rate than most ocean waters around […]
The Melting World” and the future of alpine glaciers are now on Facebook and Twitter: www.facebook.com/ChristopherWhiteBooks www.twitter.com/chriswhitebooks
Dear Christopher, I just finished your book Skipjack and wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed it. My son’s name is Tilghman (same family as island’s Mathew) and he chose Tilghman’s Island as the destination of his 13th birthday trip. We rented a little house across from the boatyard on Chicken Point Road. […]
Marina and Joanna The Global Warming Express is a climate change advocacy organization created by kids for kids. It was founded by two nine-year-old girls in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Marina Weber and Joanna Whysner, after they learned about climate change and endangered species in third grade. They decided to write a book to send […]