Bering Sea Blues: A Crabber's Tale of Fear in the Icy North
Joe Upton "describes in vivid detail the drama and hair-raising adventures of life aboard a crab vessel." ----Fisherman's News"Joe Upton's fascinating account of the history, geography, and lore of the dramatic boom years of the king crab fishery blends insight, beguiling honesty, and high adventure." -- --Leslie Leyland Fields, author ofSurviving the Island of Grace"If you had ever told me, in the years I lived on Unalaska Island, that the fishing life would become the stuff of prime time TV, I would have laughed all the way to the Elbow Room. Who, other than those who lived with fishermen could ever understand, or ever care to understand, that life?Bering Sea Bluesis a fine addition to the literature of the crab fishery. How it really is, is one thing. How it really was, well, that's another. And for how hairy and scary it used to be,Bering Sea Bluesis your book!" -- --Rebecca Goodrich, Alaska Cabin Bookshelf"Joe Upton is an excellent writer ... if you love seeing or reading about crabbing in the Aleutians and Bering Sea, you will thoroughly enjoy this account. If you don't, but have a friend who does, be a pal and buy a copy." --Dee Longenbaugh, Sitka (Alaska) Sentinel