Author: Dean Adams
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0295991976
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Features:
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0295991976
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Features:
Four Thousand Hooks: A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska
As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. Search and download computer ebooks Four Thousand Hooks: A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska for free.
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It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams tells how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and unfolds a tale of adventure that reads like a novel--with drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates, maritime Alaska, and the ambiguities of family life.At sea, the Grant's crew teach Dean the daily tasks of baiting thousands of longline hooks and handling the catch, and on shore they lead him through the seedy bars and guilty pleasures of Kodiak. Exhausted by twenty-hour workdays and awed by the ocean's raw power, he observes examples of
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Adams, Dean FOUR THOUSAND HOOKS A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska Seattle University of Washington Press 2012 1st Edition 1st Printing Softcover 8vo 8" - 9" tall Very Good in wrappers. Advanced Reading Copy ( ARC ). Please see our EBay store, with over 25000 rare books listed. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
author dean adams format hardback language english publication year 25 10 2012 subject biographies autobiographies subject 2 autobiography general title four thousand hooks a true story of fishing and coming of age on the high seas of alaska author adams dean publisher univ of washington pr publication date oct 01 2012 pages 280 binding hardcover dimensions 1 00 wx 9 50 hx 6 25 d isbn 0295991976 subject biography autobiography personal memoirs description as four thousand hooks opens an alaska
As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams tells how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and unfolds a tale of adventure that reads like a novel--with drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates, maritime Alaska, and the ambiguities of family life. At sea, the Grant 's crew teach Dean the daily tasks of baiting thousands of longline hooks and handling the catch, and on shore they lead him through th
New in paperback Working on an Alaskan fishing schooner, sixteen-year-old Dean Adams 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. Looking back forty years, Adams tells an absorbing adventure story of maritime Alaska. Four Thousand Hooks is both an absorbing adventure tale and a rich ethnography of a way of life and work that has sustained Northwest families for generations. Dean Adams became the captain of his own fishing boat and earned bachelor's and master
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Exhausted by twenty-hour workdays and awed by the ocean's raw power, he observes examples of
