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

Joe Upton

ISBN 10: 0979047099 / ISBN 13: 9780979047091

Published by Epicenter Press, Incorporated, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alaska Blues: A Story of Freedom, Risk, and Living Your Dream
• Publisher: Epicenter Press, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979047099
• ISBN 13: 9780979047091
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

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.