Late lobstermen Andy Gove’s memoir published STONINGTON — Andrew Gove, a legend along the Maine coast, started writing down his stories more than a decade ago. He kept on writing up until he died in June at the age of 90. The stories in his memoir, “The Life of a Maine Lobsterman: 82 Years on the Water,” tell of his growing up on Eagle Island in a large extended family, his earliest days of lobstering, flying a two-seater Cessna, participating in the lobster boat races up and down the coast and more. Gove represents a disappearing Maine culture. In 1937 at age 7, he started lobstering and didn’t quit for 82 years. That hard-work ethic stemmed directly from his upbringing on Eagle Island.