Highliners
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
Upon its publication in 1979, Bill McCloskey's Highliners won acclaim and a cult following for its rousing, realistic portrayal of the world of the Alaska Fishery. 'Highliners' is the commercial fishermen's term for their own elite, the skippers and crews who bring in the biggest hauls. Set in Kodiak, Highliners brings into sharp relief the lives of the men and women who make their living catching salmon, king crab, halibut, and shrimp off the coast of Alaska. Hank Crawford comes to Kodiak as a college student to work in the canneries during the summer. But he is inexorably drawn to the water and to the hard, often brutal existence of the fishermen, and ultimately, he joins their ranks. Highliners chronicles Hank's journey from greenhorn to highliner, and the triumphs and tragedies of the people he comes to know so well. (6 X 9, 408 pages, maps, illustrations)
Liked Highliners? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Highliners. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River Shares Alaska, nonfiction -
Johnny's Girl: A Daughter's Memoir of Growing Up In Alaska's Underworld Shares Alaska, nonfiction -
Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska Shares Alaska, nonfiction -
The Last Light Breaking: Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Shares Alaska, nonfiction
