WITH BARELY TWO NICKELS

"With Barely Two Nickels To Rub Together: Blue Collar Boatbuilders Gold Beach, Oregon" by Bo Shindler details hard-working blue collar people who without the benefit of financiers built leading edge ocean going vessels during 1970s. The father and son enterprise lead by Ed and Dugie Freeman was supported by eager and meticulous craftsmen and became known for skill at their trades. Ed Freeman and his son Dugie set out on an adventure that would build the largest aluminum commercial fishing boats built in the United States at the time. This book puts a face to personal struggles and provides respect that effort, creativity, striving, persistence, and common sense deserve, and connects a larger sphere of influence that contributed to their success. 352 Pages.