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 BREAKERS:
A NOVEL ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN OF ALASKA
William McCloskey (368 pages)
AS
Price
$21.95 SB
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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