Published: March 23, 2012
Words: 47,218 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780985375119

Short description

A young lad of 16, spending a summer aboard his father's coastal fishing boat in the summer of 1964, begins to learn the lessons that will guide him through an active and satisfying life. And in the process, he risks life and limb, spends hours and hours just bored, and has adventures that would rival those of Tom Sawyer -- but in a totally different environment.

Extended description

At age 16, young Larry Sparks is spending his fourth consecutive summer as the crewman on his father's 48-foot coastal gillnet fishing boat. In one sense, he is learning a trade. But in the summer of '64, he is reaching a peak in his physical powers and has a deep-seated desire to learn more about who he will grow up to be, so he invests his thinking time by investigating the fundamental rules and principles of adult living and of the very business his father is in.

He tolerates the boredom of traveling hundreds of miles on the ocean, always ready to meet the physical challenges of being a commercial fisherman in daily combat with the salmon he needs to catch in order to achieve financial security for his family, and he faces the sometimes dangerous adventures that the sea always provides mariners of all stripes as they challenge nature at her elemental best.

Not only is Larry's story interesting even to non-fishermen, it is filled with the kinds of daily escapades that may very we.. (Read more) At age 16, young Larry Sparks is spending his fourth consecutive summer as the crewman on his father's 48-foot coastal gillnet fishing boat. In one sense, he is learning a trade. But in the summer of '64, he is reaching a peak in his physical powers and has a deep-seated desire to learn more about who he will grow up to be, so he invests his thinking time by investigating the fundamental rules and principles of adult living and of the very business his father is in.

He tolerates the boredom of traveling hundreds of miles on the ocean, always ready to meet the physical challenges of being a commercial fisherman in daily combat with the salmon he needs to catch in order to achieve financial security for his family, and he faces the sometimes dangerous adventures that the sea always provides mariners of all stripes as they challenge nature at her elemental best.

Not only is Larry's story interesting even to non-fishermen, it is filled with the kinds of daily escapades that may very well equal those of Mark Twain's immortal Tom Sawyer -- except that Larry, inhibited by the very solitary nature of his work, has a great deal of trouble finding the Becky Thatcher of his dreams.

But does he find her? Read this book and find out.
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Tags

adventure, personal growth, inspirational, life lessons, encouragement, motivational, commercial fishing, puget sound fishing, coastal fishing, gillnet fishing, economics of fishing, alaska ocean fishing

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Review by: Bill Almon on April 24, 2012 :
I enjoyed it. The author makes an effort to explain/define terms or procedures about fishing and boats which may not be known to the average reader, has a good grasp of the English language, doesn't repeat himself often - most importantly, held my attention as a 16-yr old fledgling commercial fisherman learns some of life's lessons by doing, observing and digesting.
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