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It was the catch of a lifetime. In late January 1998, after a miserable stretch of fishing that hadn't paid for even their groceries, the five-man crew of a seventy-nine-year-old Alaska schooner called the La Conte risked one last run to the Fairweather Grounds, despite the approach of bad weather. The young skipper, a father-to-be, was convinced fish could be found on the shoals, and his instincts were right: they hit the mother lode. For eighteen hours their lines had a fish on every hook: yellow eye, lingcod, calico, halibut, even the occasional sand shark; it was an incredible haul, one that would bring huge profits -- and respect -- back in port.

But they stayed out too long, and a hurricane-force Arctic storm caught them. Though in need of repair herself, the La Conte had weathered bad seas before -- and might have again. But in the cruelest of ironies, the additional burden of its magnificent catch sank the ship, and set the five men -- Bob Doyle, Mike DeCapua, Gig Mork, David Hanlon, and Mark Morley -- afloat in frigid seventy-foot seas. Their radio beacon was sending distress signals to the Coast Guard, but the chances of rescue under such conditions seemed remote.

Eight months later, on a deserted island nearly 800 miles away, two boys found a mutilated corpse that had washed ashore and been mauled by brown bears. A forensics investigator, haunted by the thought that this man's family might never know what had become of him, and with only a single partial fingerprint and scraps of a survival suit for clues, set out to identify the body.

Author Todd Lewan's painstaking investigation into these events began here, too, with the discovery that the man found dead on Shuyak Island had been one of the fishermen aboard the La Conte. Lewan became obsessed with learning what had become of the other crewmen; with understanding how five "end of the roaders" from different parts of the United States had come together in Alaska to fish one of the world's most treacherous patches of ocean in the dead of winter; and with conveying the way in which that "dream catch" represented an opportunity for each of the men to significantly alter his life. In the process he learned of the truly heroic efforts undertaken by no fewer than three different teams of Coast Guard helicopter rescue units to save these desperate men.

Lewan's re-creation of the events themselves -- the discovery of a lost fisherman's remains; the bonding of troubled men on the high seas; the horrifying hours spent fighting to keep from freezing to death in thirty-eight-degree water; the impossibly courageous efforts of the helicopter rescue crews; and the moving account of how one of the survivors, in particular, found during this tempest an unexpected inner strength that allowed him to turn his life around -- makes for an unforgettable tale, a page-turning narrative drama of the first order. It also provides a timeless, affecting portrait of hard-living seekers drawn to Alaska: of adventurers in search of roots, home, and the chance to remake themselves in the spirit of America's last frontier.


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Binding: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2004-07-01


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Nights of Ice: True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas
• Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeas
• Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
• The Sea's Bitter Harvest: Thirteen Deadly Days on the North Atlantic
• Lost At Sea


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Summary: Fantastic Read
Comment: I began reading disaster/survival at sea books about 3 years ago and so far have gotten through about 20.
Some good, some just O.K.
This one however was fantastic. The details of the Coast Guard helicopter missions were amazing and gripping. I could just picture the helicopter over the monster swells in blinding snow.
I also like how the author really examined the people involved. You learn a lot about the fisherman and the rescuers, and none of it is sugar coated.
Fast paced and enjoyable - even if stories of the sea aren't your first choice.

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Summary: GREAT READ!!!
Comment: As a avid reader of all non-ficton adventure books this one ranks way up there, This is one book you truly can't put down, So well written I thought I was there.
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Summary: An Excellent True Story of Coast Guard Search & Rescue
Comment: I highly recommend this book! It is a well documented story of U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue in freezing weather and during a major hurricane in Alaskan Waters. The Coast Guard Search and Rescue personnel are often the unsung heros in today's world. Yet they truly do risk life and limb in the rescues they do. I also know this from my experience in assisting them at times on cases. Many people owe their lives to these dedicated people. Additionally, this book emphasizes the importance of having a proper respect of nature and the ocean.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great read
Comment: This is an action-packed page turner ala Blackhawk Down. The first 20 pages pique your interest, the next 100 or so are a tad slow but develop the characters, while the last third is hard to put down. The story is this: some unlucky Alaskan commercial fishermen finally have fish jumping in their boat only to go in the drink during a huge storm. The first two Coast Guard helo's can't effect the rescue but the last finally does, too late for two of the crew. The point of view is from both the men in the water trying to stay alive and the Coasties who are trying to save them.
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Summary: One of the best books I've read
Comment: I read this book and could not put it down. Todd Lewan took this story of a rag tag group of fisherman and the dedicated Coast Guard search and rescue crews to a heart pounding conclusion. I spent 30 years flying in Coast Guard aircraft as a helicopter hoist operator and rescue swimmer. I retired in 1996, but Todd Lewan's writing brought me out of retirement and back in the action. Reading the book actually gave me goose bumps. I knew most of the Coasties that he wrote about and he made each and every one of them come to life on the pages with stories that gave insight into their personal lives as well as professional lives.
Thanks for taking me back into the action, Todd. Bravo Zulu!
Darell Gelakoska, ASMCM, USCG (Retired)

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