- Paperback: 408 pages
- Publisher: The Lyons Press; Second edition (Sep 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1585740284
- ISBN-13: 978-1585740284
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,114,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
First published in 1979, McCloskey's regional bestseller portrays the lives of Alaska's expert fishermen, the highliners; a Pacific Northwest cult classic.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
McCloskey's 1979 story of a college student's initiation into the world of "highliners," the elite crews of Alaskan fishing fleets and the numerous perils they face in the frigid waters of the North, scored high marks with critics.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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FISHING is one of man's basic, hardest, most honorable occupations. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great fictional fishing on the alaska high seas,
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This review is from: Highliners: The Classic Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska (Paperback)
This is a great work of fiction by the author that follows the main character Hank Crawford who comes from college to go to work at a salmon cannery for Swede Scorden in kodiak with the story following along as hank moves from opportunity to opportunity on fishing boats that catch salmon king crab shrimp and hailbut this describes also many of the characters he works with and comes in contact with and even though this is fiction seems to be right with all info about commerical fishing compared to books i have read on the real thing. This is a great book and i definitely recommend its sequel Breakers.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The real story of Alaska commercial fishing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Highliners: The Classic Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska (Paperback)
I make my living teaching about commercial fishing. I am glad to see this book still in print so I can continue to recommend it to my students. It is, by far, the most entertaining and historically accurate account of Southwest Alaska and fishing from the 50's to the 70's. It should be required reading for anyone who fishes crab, salmon, and groundfish out there. Bill is a great writer, and this book is more or less his own experience. It is good for both its historical accuracy and the personal story of what is was like to see our fisheries develop to what they are today. He continues to come here and go out on boats to learn and write more. There is no else one who has the combination of great writing skill and experience in these fisheries, and this book is well worth reading. You will enjoy the story, you will learn something, and you will want to be Bill McCloskey (and live through it, like he did).
5.0 out of 5 stars
Been there done that!,
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This review is from: Highliners: The Classic Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska (Paperback)
A great novel written by someone who has been there. The reader can feel and smell the Alaskan fishing industry as the writer takes you from 'greenhorn' to 'highliner'.
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