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Breakers: A Novel About the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska

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Bill McCloskey's novel Highliners established him as one of the foremost chroniclers of Alaska and earned raves and a loyal following for its exuberant, authentic depiction of life in America's most dangerous profession - commercial fishing. Now Breakers picks up where Highliners left off, following the fortunes of fisherman Hank Crawford, his wife Jody, iron-nosed cannery manager Swede Scorden, and the other vivid characters who make their living from the sea. Hank has come far from his days as a greenhorn. A skipper with his own boat and crew, he's taken on a whole new set of responsibilities - a third child, a brand-new boat, a dream house, and plenty of bank loans. It all seems manageable as long as the seemingly endless hauls of crab and salmon keep flowing in. Then, suddenly as a winter squall, trouble hits. Hank's boat is damaged; his youngest child falls ill; a devastatingly poor crab season brings little income; salmon prices plummet. During a trip to Japan, a troubled Hank is tempted to compromise his business ethics to save his boat - and drawn into a careless romance that could cost him the wife and family he loves. Breakers captures the excitement and danger of the fisherman's trade; the massive crab pots that can crush an unwary man in a moment; the homecoming celebrations in the Kodiak bars; the clashes between the fishermen and the foreign fleets that use legal loopholes to plunder American waters; the exhilarating abundance of an Alaskan fishing season in full swing; and the terrible fury of a storm sweeping against a twenty-foot tide. It is also a captivating portrait of a good man at a moral crossroads.

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"An accomplished sequel." --"Publishers Weekly " "An accomplished sequel." --"Publishers Weekly


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781585740840
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Publisher Imprint: The Lyons Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 350
  • Spine Width: 38 mm
  • Weight: 680 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1585740845
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Novel About the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska
  • Width: 152 mm


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