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David Horsey, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the novel Beach of Stars, says: "Bradley Bagshaw's novel, Georges Bank, is a quintessential American tale of striving, resilient immigrants, callous, conniving plutocrats and brave men of the sea who defy death in raging storms off the coast of New England. Georges Bank: A tale of courage and determination, at sea and ashore in the days of sail. The word rollicking comes to mind, though the underlying reality of the story is deadly serious — the horrendous toll in lives taken by the 19th-century fishing industry. From the sisterhood of women in Gloucester's boisterous brothels to the brotherhood of fishermen sailing the frigid North Atlantic, Georges Bank is filled with well-drawn characters — in particular, Maggie, the plucky, red-haired Irish girl who makes a home for herself in a not-so-welcoming new land.