{"product_id":"fishing-up-north-stories-of-luck-and-loss-in-alaskan-waters-9780882408965","title":"Fishing Up North Stories of Luck and Loss in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition contains new stories and updates from the super-heated  days when fishing fleets turned king crab into fortunes, to the annual  circus of Bristol Bay''s monster salmon runs, to the bucolic life of the  open-ocean trawler, the true stories in \u003ci\u003eFishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters' \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures  the flavor of the modern fisherman''s life and fortunes in the waters  off Alaska.  You''ll find firsthand accounts of frightening weather, good  fishing, terrible fishing, great days, and sweet living from the decks  of crabbers, trawlers, longliners, trollers, and gillnetters. This book  and others inspired film crews to trek to Alaska and cover the crabbing  seasons for reality TV shows.  Commercial fishing''s home ports --- Dutch  Harbor, Kodiak, Naknek, Cordova, Petersburg, Sitka, and Seattle --- are  classic fishing towns, where docks, bars, and even quiet living merge  in colorful portraits about life on the last frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brad Matsen is a polished writer with a quirky sense of humor and an uncanny knack for the precise metaphor.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                            ---Homer \u003c\/i\u003e[Alaska] \u003ci\u003eNews. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrelude: \u003cb\u003eGetting Lucky\u003c\/b\u003e pg 7; \u003cb\u003eMap\u003c\/b\u003e pg 10; Ch 1, \u003cb\u003eThe Beast of Ugly Seasons\u003c\/b\u003e - King Crabbing, Dutch Harbor pg 13; Ch 2, \u003cb\u003eTalking Price and the Cruel Sixteen\u003c\/b\u003e - Salmon Gillnetting, Bristol Bay pg 25; Ch 3, \u003cb\u003eThe Billion-dollar Bottomfish Dream\u003c\/b\u003e - Groundfish Trawling pg 47; Ch 4 K\u003cb\u003eenny and the Council -\u003c\/b\u003e Westward Hilton Hotel, Anchorage pg 61, Ch 5, \u003cb\u003eFlying Fish and the Death of a Plane at Egegik\u003c\/b\u003e - Salmon setnetting - Bristol Bay pg 81; Ch 6 \u003cb\u003eA Beautiful Place to Be\u003c\/b\u003e - Salmon Trolling, Southeast Alaska pg 107; Ch 7, \u003cb\u003eFishing with Modest Ambition\u003c\/b\u003e - Codfish Trawling, Kodiak pg 129; Ch 8, \u003cb\u003eFishing the Flats\u003c\/b\u003e, Salmon Gillnetting - Prince William Sound pg 147; Ch 9, \u003cb\u003eThe Dream Comes True on the Chain\u003c\/b\u003e - Pollock Trawling, Dutch Harbor pg 161; Ch 10, \u003cb\u003eThe Resurrection of The \u003ci\u003eRebecca B\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Codfish longlinging, Gulf of Alaska pg 177; Ch 11, \u003cb\u003eKelping for Crude\u003c\/b\u003e - The Exxon Valdez Spill pg 195; Ch 12, \u003cb\u003eDerby Days, Sleepless Nights\u003c\/b\u003e - Halibut Longlining, Southeast Alaska pg 209; Ch 13.  \u003cb\u003eSalmon in the Trees\u003c\/b\u003e - Salmon Spawning, Alexander Archipelago, pg 224.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359270535511,"sku":"9780882408965","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780882408965.jpg?v=1754124165","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fishing-up-north-stories-of-luck-and-loss-in-alaskan-waters-9780882408965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}