The Stream I Go A-Fishing In: Musical Adventures of Gloucester Schoonerman John Jay Watson

The true story of the 'Fiddling Fisherman' of Gloucester, Massachusetts -- John Jay Watson. Illustrated with prints and photos from Watson's career, follow him from the schooner shipwreck that set him upon a serious career in music, to success in New York as a concert violinist, impresario, and composer of popular parlor melodies. The reader is immersed in 19th century musical America, before Watson returns to the maritime origins that were central to his being.