Wow! eBook
Breakers: A Novel About the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska
Author(s): William McCloskey (Author)
- Publisher: The Lyons Press
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2000
- Language: English
- Print length: 350 pages
- ISBN-10: 1585740845
- ISBN-13: 9781585740840
Book Description
In this novel, Fisherman Hank Crawford must fight to keep his business and family intact in this thrilling sequel to the cult classic Highliners.
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
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. (6 1/4 X 9, 372 pages, maps)
