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William B. McCloskey

Highliners

A Novel

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Highliners are the elite of the fishing world, the skippers and crews who make the biggest catches—salmon, king crab, halibut, shrimp—and deliver them first to the bustling canneries of Kodiak and Dutch Harbor. For these men—and for their women—the safe eight-hour day does not exist. It never will. Some fishermen get rich, many die broke. But they find a special joy in their work that can never be matched by the easier world of the landsman. No matter how great the hardship or how bad the storm, the highliners put out to sea in their primitive battle against the elements.The protagonist of the novel is Hank Crawford, a young greenhorn who fir… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-62873-600-7
  • EAN: 9781628736007
  • Produktnummer: 22300586
  • Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 400 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 999 KB

Über den Autor


William B. McCloskey Jr. has worked on pitching decks all over the world, with crews of many nations. His work has appeared in Smithsonian, Atlantic Monthly, New York Times Magazine, Audubon, International Wildlife, National Fisherman, Fishing News International (London), and elsewhere. His epic saga originates with Highliners and includes the sequels Breakers and Raiders.

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