This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: Joel B Kerr
- ISBN10: 1525585037
- ISBN13: 9781525585036
John W. Kerr 1812-1888 was a man way ahead of his time. As Ontarios first fisheries overseer, a position he held for twenty-four years, he strove not only to enforce the countrys nascent fishing laws but also to protect fish stocks and the fragile environment on which they depended in the face of Ontarios growing industrialization. Sometimes friend and sometimes foe to fisherman and his supervisors alike, Kerr was a religious man of unyielding principles who faced constant conflict as he sought to establish order in a time when few others shared his concerns about the environment.
Based on 10,000 pages of Kerrs diaries and letters, this book is a chronological account of his life and career, beginning in Ireland with the Royal Irish Constabulary and ending with him literally working himself to death on behalf of Canadas Ministry of Marine and Fisheries. Written by his great-great-grandson Joel B. Kerr, this book recounts the highs and lows of Kerrs life, including some life-and-death incidents and many humorous encounters along the way. Ultimately, Kerrs efforts to protect the fisheries proved to be in vain, but he worked faithfully until the day he died, and he never gave in to those who opposed him. His story still resonates today in a world of partisan politics and environmental degradation. Hopefully, modern readers will be more open than Kerrs contemporaries to the lessons his life has to teach.
