{"product_id":"fishing-up-north-stories-of-luck-and-loss-in-alaskan-waters-paperback","title":"Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrad Matsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrad Matsen has written about the sea and its inhabitants for forty years in books, film scripts, essays and magazine articles. Author of The New York Times \"Best Sellers: \"Titanic's Last Secrets: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss; and Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King as well as eight other books including\" Planet Ocean: A Story of Life, the Sea and Dancing to the Fossil Record\" and \"The Incredible Ocean Adventure \"series for children. He has also written a television series, and is a speaker on global environmental issues. He has written hundreds of magazine articles for \"Mother Jones, Audubon, Natural History \"and many other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 5.4 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772990685472,"sku":"9780882408965","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d553daba61ea640218c5630a54aa2ec9.webp?v=1780417997","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fishing-up-north-stories-of-luck-and-loss-in-alaskan-waters-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}