{"product_id":"fishing-up-north-stories-of-luck-and-loss-in-alaskan-waters-9781943328147","title":"Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrue and intimate short stories of a modern fisherman's life of luck and loss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in chronological order, fisherman Brad Matsen gives a realistic look of frightening weather, good fishing, terrible fishing, great days, and sweet living in Alaskan waters from the decks of crabbers, trawlers, longliners, trollers, and gillnetters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003cp\u003eIncluded in this second edition are 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.\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":"West Margin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360284180823,"sku":"9781943328147","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fishing-up-north-stories-of-luck-and-loss-in-alaskan-waters-9781943328147","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}