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Book SynopsisWorking on an Alaskan fishing schooner, the author learned to bait thousands of longline hooks, handle the daily halibut catch, respect the ocean's raw power and navigate the seedy bars and guilty pleasures of shore leave in Kodiak. This book tells an absorbing adventure story of maritime Alaska.
Trade Review"This is pure adventure. Dean's story is…sinewy and spare, understated and often gorgeously written."
-- Ethan Gilsdorf * Boston Globe *
"Four Thousand Hooks is a marvellous loss-of-innocence book, informative, enjoyable and well worth reading."
-- Irene Wanner * Seattle Times *
"Four Thousand Hooks has the feel of an honest memoir, valuable for its precision in describing fishing methods, crew interactions, and what Adams thought and felt . . ."
-- Scott Bowlen * Ketchikan Daily News *
"His first-hand accounts come alive on the pages, where the reader is swept into the story with the narrator. . . . The foreshadowing and timing of the story makes it difficult to stop . . ."
-- Christy Olsen Field * Norwegian American Weekly *
"Four Thousand Hooks says a lot about our ability to meet extraordinary challenges, and suggests that maybe we're all stronger and more capable than we realize. [It’s] filled with fascinating details of the fishing life, makes for awfully good reading."
-- National Fisherman * October 15 *
“The well-honed prose tells a good story and one is encouraged to turn the pages to see what happens next. This is not only a very readable book but an important record of a particular type of fishing.
-- Arthur G. Credland * Mariners Mirror *
"Four Thousand Hooks is one teenage boy's dramatic, yet humorous, coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Alaskan maritime culture . . . a vivid picture of life and commercial fishing conditions in Alaska. . ."
-- Jennifer Huffman * Independent Publisher *
"Four Thousand Hooks [is] one of the best books about commercial fishing in Alaska. The author began long-lining for halibut at age fifteen and went on to captain his own vessel: it is a great book for anyone interested in life on a commercial fishing vessel."
-- Charlotte Glover * Southeast Sea Kayaks Blog *
