Fishcamp
Subtitle: life on an Alaskan shore
By: Nancy Lord ; illustrations by Laura Simonds Southworth.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781559635257
Subjects: Lord, Nancy; Natural history -- Alaska -- Cook Inlet Region; Fisheries -- Alaska -- Cook Inlet Region; Cook Inlet Region (Alaska) -- History; Cook Inlet Region (Alaska) -- Biography; Cook Inlet Region (Alaska) -- Social life and customs
Description: "In Fishcamp, Nancy Lord shares with us the natural and cultural history of the place near Cook Inlet, Alaska, where she and her partner have made a living, and a life, salmon fishing for the past eighteen years."--BOOK JACKET.

"With poetic cadence and magical tone, Lord writes of her life from June to August, days filled with the mending of nets, the muscle-wrenching labor of the catch, the exquisite pleasure of an improvised hot-tub, and the often subtle beauty of the inlet's flora and fauna.

Woven throughout Lord's adventures is the deeper history of the region - stories and legends of the native Dena'ina people; anecdotes about past and current residents; descriptions of their neighbors, both human and animal, who, like Lord and her partner, live with fish."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-261).