This is a tale of adventures and rivalries between the long-established Fosdycks and newcomers, the Lunns. Here are laid bare the lives of the fishermen of Bramblewick (Robin Hood's Bay), who tackle the stormy seas with no thought of bravery; whose work is determined by the ebb and flow of the tide, and whose days are an unending conflict with the elements.

This is the book upon which J. Arthur Rank based his first film, Turn of the Tide, in 1935. This is the latest edition, published in 2017 by the Walmsley Society, with forewords by Storm Jameson and Stephanie Walmsley.