Interviewer
Clark, Casee
Transcriber
Jones, Mary Beth
Abstract
This story is an excerpt from a longer interview that was collected as part of the Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City project. In this story, James A. (Jim) Coon relates the experience of wrestling with a thresher shark, catching one of the largest sharks ever hooked out of Pacific City. He also describes how the dory’s fishing lines are attached and how they function.
Document Type
Transcript
Publication Date
7-29-2011
Disciplines
Cultural History | Oral History | Speech and Rhetorical Studies | Theatre and Performance Studies
Related Resource
For an image of this storyteller, refer to James A. (Jim) Coon and Richard Coon 01.
Related Resource
For an additional storyteller image, refer to James A. (Jim) Coon 01.
Related Resource
For an additional storyteller image, refer to James A. (Jim) Coon 02.
Related Resource
For an additional storyteller image, refer to James A. (Jim) Coon 03.
Related Resource
For an additional storyteller image, refer to James A. (Jim) Coon 04.
Related Resource
To see Jim Coon tell this story, refer to Wrestling with a Shark.
Recommended Citation
Coon, James A., "Transcript of Wrestling with a Shark" (2011). All Story Transcripts. Transcript. Submission 17.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/dory_transcripts_all/17
Included in
Cultural History Commons, Oral History Commons, Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons, Theatre and Performance Studies Commons
Project Director/Collaborator
Marshall, Brenda DeVore
Project Collaborator(s)
Marshall, Tyrone
Miller, Jackson B.
Spring, Kathleen
Clark, Casee
Davis, Cassidy
Dossett, Daphne
Forrer, Chris
Layton, Jennifer
Olson, Caitlyn
Raso, Stephanie
Snyder, Andrea
Weber, Whitney
Comments
Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City is a collaborative project involving the Linfield College Department of Theatre and Communication Arts, the Jereld R. Nicholson Library, the Linfield Center for the Northwest, the Pacific City Arts Association, and the Pacific City Dorymen’s Association. The collaborators and project partners thank Dave Larkins of Pacific City, who has served as the Dorymen’s Association liaison for the project, their Linfield colleagues who have provided assistance, and the individuals who graciously shared their stories and memorabilia for inclusion in this historical collection.
Support for the project has been provided in part by the following: two grants from the Keck Community Engaged Research to Classroom Program from the Linfield Center for the Northwest, five Linfield College Summer Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grants, an Arts Build Communities Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission, grants from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition and the Tillamook County Cultural Coalition, a Cultural Development Grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, and generous gifts from Nancy Whelan and an anonymous individual donor. Rhianna Bennett, Mary Beth Jones, Gabrielle Leif, and Alicia Schnell have assisted with preparation of materials for the archives.