Alaska Blues - A Story of Freedom, Risk, and Living Your Dream

FOR SEVEN MONTHS Joe Upton steered his 30-foot boat, the "Doreen," through the open channels and narrow, twisting passageways of Southeast Alaska, living the life of an itinerant commercial fisherman far from home.This is Upton's award-winning account of that season--the lonely hours at sea as well as the close community of the fishing fleet; the sudden, violent storms and glorious days of sunshine; the difficult, frenzied work and quiet moments of contemplation. "Alaska Blues" endures as a powerful and enduring portrait of a time and place--of a people and their way of life and the haunting, beautiful shores that draw them back, season after season.

About the author

Joe Upton was a commercial fisherman for 25 years in Alaska and Maine. He lives with his wife on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and Vinalhaven Island, Maine

Product details

• Authors: Joe Upton
• Publisher: Epicenter Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2008
• EAN: 9780979047091
• ISBN: 978-0-9790470-9-1
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 379 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales