Four Thousand Hooks - A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska

Informationen zum Autor Dean J. Adams Klappentext Dean Adams went on to become the captain of his own fishing boat and to earn bachelor's and master's degrees from the School of Aquatic and Fishery Science at the University of Washington. He and his family live in Seattle and Kerikeri, New Zealand. "'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" Zusammenfassung Working 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.

Product details

• Authors: Dean Adams, Dean J Adams, Dean J. Adams
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2013
• EAN: 9780295993331
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99333-1
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Reiseführer, USA Westen, Aquakultur und Fischzucht: Praxis und Techniken