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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Washington Pr
Publication date
September 11, 2015
Pages
264
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780295998442
ISBN-10
029599844X
Dimensions
0 by 6 by 9 in.
Original list price
$90.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narrator is at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adams describes how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and weaves a tale of adventure that reads like a novelâwith drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates, maritime Alaska, and the ambiguities of family life.
At sea, the Grant's crew teach Dean the daily tasks of baiting thousands of longline hooks and handling the catch, and on shore they lead him through the seedy bars and guilty pleasures of Kodiak. Exhausted by twenty-hour workdays and awed by the ocean's raw power, he observes examples of human courage and vulnerability and emerges with a deeper knowledge of himself and the world.
Four Thousand Hooks is both an absorbing adventure story and a rich ethnography of a way of life and work that has sustained Northwest families for generations. This coming of age story will appeal to readers including young adults and anyone interested in ocean adventures, commercial fishing, maritime life, and the Northwest coast.
At sea, the Grant's crew teach Dean the daily tasks of baiting thousands of longline hooks and handling the catch, and on shore they lead him through the seedy bars and guilty pleasures of Kodiak. Exhausted by twenty-hour workdays and awed by the ocean's raw power, he observes examples of human courage and vulnerability and emerges with a deeper knowledge of himself and the world.
Four Thousand Hooks is both an absorbing adventure story and a rich ethnography of a way of life and work that has sustained Northwest families for generations. This coming of age story will appeal to readers including young adults and anyone interested in ocean adventures, commercial fishing, maritime life, and the Northwest coast.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Univ of Washington Pr (September 11, 2015)
9780295998442 | details & prices | 264 pages | List price $90.00
About: As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking.
About: As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking.
from Univ of Washington Pr (September 19, 2012)
9780295991979 | details & prices | 280 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $30.00
About: As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking.
About: As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooner is sinking.
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