Author Biography
STEPHEN JONES is owner of West Mystic Wooden Boat Company and author of eight other books, including Working Thin Waters: Conversations with Captain Lawrence H. Malloy, Jr. (UPNE, 2001). He has also served in the Coast Guard, worked on lobster boats, and captained cruises to the West Indies. For the last 30 years he has taught courses on literature, the environment, and the sea at the maritime branch of the University of Connecticut.