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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- Activity Book
- Region
- Alaska
- Subjects
- Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle
- Age Level
- Adults
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- ISBN
- 9780295991979
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295991976
ISBN-13
9780295991979
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117285813
Product Key Features
Book Title
Four Thousand Hooks : a True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, Wa), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Fishing
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A real-life account of a young man's first season working as a crew member on his uncle's commercial fishing boat in the 1970s. Adams tells of the drunken shore leave, the surprising gentleness and understanding between crew members, and the rough but careful teaching of any new crew member to be part of a team upon which one sometimes had to depend for one's survival." Margaret Willson, author of Dance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking the Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond"I relived my own past reading Four Thousand Hooks. The way Adam's described seeing things for the first time through the eyes of a greenhorn crew member the sights and smells, what it's like to really feel work and exhaustion, being on your own as a young man in Alaska-brought back memories I didn't know I had." Sig Hansen, Captain of the Northwestern as seen on Deadliest Catch, "His first-hand accounts come alive on the pages, where the reader is swept into the story with the narrator. . . . The foreshadowing and timing of the story makes it difficult to stop . . ."- Christy Olsen Field , Norwegian American Weekly , October 2012, "The well-honed prose tells a good story and one is encouraged to turn the pages to see what happens next. This is not only a very readable book but an important record of a particular type of fishing." - Arthur G. Credland , Mariners Mirror, " Four Thousand Hooks says a lot about our ability to meet extraordinary challenges, and suggests that maybe we're all stronger and more capable than we realize. [It's] filled with fascinating details of the fishing life, makes for awfully good reading." - National Fisherman, "I relived my own past reading Four Thousand Hooks . The way Adam's described seeing things for the first time through the eyes of a greenhorn crew member--the sights and smells, what it's like to really feel work and exhaustion, being on your own as a young man in Alaska--brought back memories I didn't know I had." -Sig Hansen , Captain of the Northwestern, as seen on Deadliest Catch, "Gritty but literate, this book has the slap-dash of real boat experience. Four Thousand Hooks never loses its salt. It's about an 'inbreaker' ready to take it all as it comes--fish slime, full hold, and hopefully a payday." -William McCloskey , author of Highliners, " Four Thousand Hooks is a marvellous loss-of-innocence book, informative, enjoyable and well worth reading." - Irene Wanner , Seattle Times , November 2012, "'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, "This is pure adventure. Dean's story is . . . sinewy and spare, understated and often gorgeously written."- Ethan Gilsdorf , Boston Globe , October 2012
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
639.22092
Synopsis
As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooneris sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narratoris at the helm. Dean Adams tells how he came to be a crew member on theGrant and unfolds a tale of adventure that reads like anovel--full of drama, conflict, and resonant portrayals of halibutfishing. At sea, the Grant's crew teach Dean the dailytasks of baiting thousands of longline hooks and handling the catch,and on shore they lead him through the seedy bars and guilty pleasuresof Kodiak. Four Thousand Hooks is both an absorbing adventuretale and a rich ethnography of a way of life and work that hassustained Northwest families for generations. This coming of age storywill appeal to readers--including young adults--interested inocean adventures, commercial fishing, maritime life, and the NorthwestCoast., As Four Thousand Hooks opens, an Alaskan fishing schooneris sinking. It is the summer of 1972, and the sixteen-year-old narratoris at the helm. Backtracking from the gripping prologue, Dean Adamstells how he came to be a crew member on the Grant and unfolds a taleof adventure that reads like a novel--full of drama, conflict, andresonant portrayals of halibut fishing, his ragtag shipmates, maritimeAlaska, and the ambiguities of family life. At sea, the Grant's crew teach Dean the daily tasks of baitingthousands of longline hooks and handling the catch, and on shore theylead him through the seedy bars and guilty pleasures of Kodiak.Exhausted by twenty-hour workdays and awed by the ocean's rawpower, he observes examples of human courage and vulnerability andemerges with a deeper knowledge of himself and the world. Four Thousand Hooks is both an absorbing adventure tale and arich ethnography of a way of life and work that has sustained Northwestfamilies for generations. This coming of age story will appeal toreaders--including young adults--interested in oceanadventures, commercial fishing, maritime life, and the Northwest Coast., 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 novel--with 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. Visit the author's website: http: //www.fourthousandhooks.com/
LC Classification Number
SH20
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