Author: ARDIZZONE, TONY
Title: The Whale Chaser
Description: Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 2015. First Edition. First Printing; Softcover. ISBN: 0897339231. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"; 382 pages; NEW. Soft cover has a white spine with black lettering. 'The Whale Chaser is the story of Vince Sansone, the eldest child and only son in a large Italian American family, who comes of age in 1960s Chicago. A constant disappointment to his embittered father - a fishmonger who shows his displeasure with his fists - Vince finds solace by falling in love. Classmate Marie Santangelo, the butcher's winsome daughter, entices him with passionate kisses and the prospect of entering her family's business. Yet he pursues Lucy Sheehan, an older girl with a ""reputation." "When Vince abruptly flees Chicago, he ends up in Tofino, a picturesque fishing town on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. He finds a job gutting fish, then is hired by Tofino's most colorful dealer, Mr. Zig-Zag, and joins the thriving marijuana trade...'. New .

Keywords: 0897339231 Fiction; American Families; Italian Americans; Immigrant History; Fishing Industry; Cultural History; Social History; Romance; Fiction Cultural History American History Geography Social History