| | Alaska Blues: A Fisherman's Journal |  | Author: Joe Upton
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1117902
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 236
ISBN: 0882400983
Dewey Decimal Number: 639.2755
EAN: 9780882400983
ASIN: 0882400983
Publication Date: June 1979
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Sound Copy. Mild Reading Wear.
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a very exciting account of one man's second profession. January 2, 1999
so lucrative it attracted doctors & lawers . alaska's great salmon fisheries.
Outstanding you-are-there of commercial fishing in Alaska. September 5, 1997
This is a profoundly moving account of a young commercial fisherman working in the pristine, danger-filled fishing ground of South-Eastern Alaska in the early 70's. Told in first person in a diary format, events of the four months of the fishing season takes the reader from descriptions of the beauty of the sea & land to terror of nature on the edge. There is direct manner to Upton's style that puts the reader right in the boat. This is great reading for any arm chair sailor that has dreamed of exploring The Great Land by boat.
Great text and photos for those who love S.E. Alaska June 5, 1997
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Call me crazy, but this one is a 10 for me. I got my copy in 79 when it came out. Joe is a wonderful story teller. This book documents the joys and challenges of Upton and his wife during a season as small boat trollers in the southeast Alaska troll salmon fishery. The book is about commercial fishing, but really it is about staying alive and making a living in storms, good fishing and bad. If you can find it, GET IT
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