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Title: Highliners
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: William McCloskey
Narrator: Aaron Abano
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-01-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
A magnificent story based on Americas last frontier: The wild waters of the Pacific Ocean off the Alaskan coastline.
Highliners are the elite of the fishing world, the skippers and crews who make the biggest catchessalmon, king crab, halibut, shrimpand deliver them first to the bustling canneries of Kodiak and Dutch Harbor. For these menand for their womenthe safe eight-hour day does not exist. It never will. Some fishermen get rich, many die broke. But they find a special joy in their work that can never be matched by the easier world of the landsman. No matter how great the hardship or how bad the storm, the highliners put out to sea in their primitive battle against the elements.
The protagonist of the novel is Hank Crawford, a young greenhorn who first comes to Alaska to work in a cannery to earn money while on summer vacation from college. He is quickly hooked by the fishermans life, and this novel re-creates how a young man becomes a highliner. He succeeds because he is young enough, strong enough, and brave enough. He learns the brutal business from hard-fisted skippers, penny-pinching cannery managers, and the pirates of the fishing world. Hank also meets the tough women who endure the hardships of Alaska alongside their men. Journey with him as he learns to survive the elements (100-mile-an-hour winds, ice storms, tidal waves, and fire at sea) and attempts to become a highliner.
Editorial Reviews:
William McCloskey's regional best seller, originally published in 1979, is sure to draw comparisons to the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch today. The tale of Hank Crawford's rise from greenhorn to highliner, informed by the author's own experience, marries fact and fiction with chapters on the history of Alaska and its marine life. Aaron Abano's performance equally enlivens Highliners' educational context and the triumphs and tragedies of its cast: men and women equal parts tough skin and warm hearts, drawn irresistibly to America's last great frontier.
Title: Highliners
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: William McCloskey
Narrator: Aaron Abano
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-01-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
A magnificent story based on Americas last frontier: The wild waters of the Pacific Ocean off the Alaskan coastline.
Highliners are the elite of the fishing world, the skippers and crews who make the biggest catchessalmon, king crab, halibut, shrimpand deliver them first to the bustling canneries of Kodiak and Dutch Harbor. For these menand for their womenthe safe eight-hour day does not exist. It never will. Some fishermen get rich, many die broke. But they find a special joy in their work that can never be matched by the easier world of the landsman. No matter how great the hardship or how bad the storm, the highliners put out to sea in their primitive battle against the elements.
The protagonist of the novel is Hank Crawford, a young greenhorn who first comes to Alaska to work in a cannery to earn money while on summer vacation from college. He is quickly hooked by the fishermans life, and this novel re-creates how a young man becomes a highliner. He succeeds because he is young enough, strong enough, and brave enough. He learns the brutal business from hard-fisted skippers, penny-pinching cannery managers, and the pirates of the fishing world. Hank also meets the tough women who endure the hardships of Alaska alongside their men. Journey with him as he learns to survive the elements (100-mile-an-hour winds, ice storms, tidal waves, and fire at sea) and attempts to become a highliner.
Editorial Reviews:
William McCloskey's regional best seller, originally published in 1979, is sure to draw comparisons to the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch today. The tale of Hank Crawford's rise from greenhorn to highliner, informed by the author's own experience, marries fact and fiction with chapters on the history of Alaska and its marine life. Aaron Abano's performance equally enlivens Highliners' educational context and the triumphs and tragedies of its cast: men and women equal parts tough skin and warm hearts, drawn irresistibly to America's last great frontier.
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