Acclaimed author E.B. White narrates a day in the life of a Maine lobsterman in the 1950s in a short documentary which first aired Dec. 5, 1954, on CBS. 

"The trap is easy to haul, if you know how, but it's no job for the lazy or the fearful."

 

Hat tip to the Bangor Daily News for the video.

Jessica Hathaway is the former editor in chief of National Fisherman.

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