This work serves as a treasure of a book which illustrates the stories of the island's eternal symbiotic relationship with the sea that has surrounded it since the dawn of time. Michael Thompson and Miles Cowsill took the photographs from land and sea and together with Terry Cringle and Frank Cowin's writings and knowledge they have created a photographic archive which defines the Isle of Man as never before. The island is truly the Old Man of the Sea, and this book shows how and why.