{"product_id":"out-on-the-deep-blue-true-stories-of-daring-persistence-and-survival-from-the-nations-most-dangerous-profession-paperback","title":"Out on the Deep Blue: True Stories of Daring, Persistence, and Survival from the Nation's Most Dangerous Profession - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeslie Leyland Fields\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut on the Deep Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection of dramatic, first-person accounts of commercial fishing written by the men and women who work in the nation's most dangerous occupation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNineteen diverse fisher-writers, from the famous to the unknown, take the reader swordfish harpooning on the Georges Banks, winter crabbing in the Bering Sea, sea-urchin diving off Maine, herring fishing in Alaska, shark-harpooning off Scotland and points between. Together, they plumb the extremes of living, working, and sometimes dying at sea, creating the most intensely personal portrait of fishing and fishermen to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe best writing on commercial fishing is gathered here, blending the voices of such well-known writers as Peter Mathiessen, Gavin Maxwell, Linda Greenlaw, Spike Walker, and John Cole, together with experienced and emerging writers, many of whom have spent much of their lives on the water. With its layers and rich textures, this collection will have strong, enduring appeal to loves of nonfiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eMarie Beaver\u003cbr\u003eJohn Cole\u003cbr\u003eMichael Crowley\u003cbr\u003eWendy Erd\u003cbr\u003eLeslie Leyland Fields\u003cbr\u003eRobert Fritchey\u003cbr\u003eJoel Gay\u003cbr\u003eLinda Greenlaw\u003cbr\u003eSeth Harkness\u003cbr\u003eNancy Lord\u003cbr\u003ePeter Matthiessen\u003cbr\u003eGavin Maxwell\u003cbr\u003eWilliam McCloskey\u003cbr\u003ePaul Molyneaux\u003cbr\u003eDebra Nielsen\u003cbr\u003eToby Sullivan\u003cbr\u003eMartha Sutro\u003cbr\u003eJoe Upton\u003cbr\u003eSpike Walker\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1978, \u003cb\u003eLeslie Leyland Fields\u003c\/b\u003e has followed the schools of ready-to-spawn fish out to a remote island where she and her husband fish commercially for salmon. With five children, the island now has a population of seven. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, Orion, The Christian Science Monitor, Experiencing Nature: A Creative Nonfiction Reader, The Best of Oregon Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e and others. She is the winner of the Virginia Faulkner award for excellence in writing.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762482676000,"sku":"9780312303006","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7f448a67d17ffed173ff3a9605591b5b.webp?v=1780222035","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/out-on-the-deep-blue-true-stories-of-daring-persistence-and-survival-from-the-nations-most-dangerous-profession-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}