 | Lobster Shacks
A Road-Trip Guide to New England’s Best Lobster Joints
Mike Urban
Lobster Shacks is a fun, road-trip-style guide to
the 75 or so best shacks in New England, starting
in Connecticut and heading north and east
through Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and Maine. Each entry features a
lively description that includes historical background,
biographical portraits of owners past
and present, highlights from the menu, and
driving directions. Scattered throughout the
book you’ll find featured recipes, lobster shack
legends and lore, and information on local fishing
fleets. Author Mike Urban is a longtime lobster
shack afi cionado who’s spent years searching
for the greatest shacks—only those places
with the right zeitgeist and feel have made the
cut, and with this unique guide in hand, you’ll
be able to try them all too.
Mike Urban is an editor, writer, and book
packager who specializes in travel, outdoor recreation,
sports, food, and business/career books.
He has been in book publishing for over thirty
years, last serving as vice president and associate
publisher of Globe Pequot Press, where he
edited hundreds of travel guides and created a
plethora of guidebook series. Urban lives in Old
Saybrook, Connecticut, with his wife and four
children.

June 2012
$18.95 (Can. $20.00)
978-0-88150-999-1
8 x 9, 224 pages, Paperback, full-color photographs
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