Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage [Paperback]

Joe Upton (Author)

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Alaska Blues is the moving, true account of that one season of fishing, living on the edge, surviving not only on the whims of nature but also the shifting fortunes of the fishing industry itself. -- Palo Alto Daily News, April 1999

Upton tours us through open channels and narrow fjords, past forested shorelines, tiny villages, abandoned homesteads and deserted canneries. We experience the life of the independent fisher including the lonely hours at sea, the satisfaction of a good's day catch, and the easy camaraderie of other fishers. Alaska Blues offers up an authentic tale of the Southeast Alaska landscape and a fascinating way of life. -- The Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570611564
• ISBN-13: 978-1570611568
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,132,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An education on the Inside Passage, October 6, 2000

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William Keith Mathison (Battle Ground, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage (Paperback)

What a great account of cruising the Inside Passage from Seattle to Alaska from a fisherman who has been there and done that! It is a book I could not put down. You get an education on the cruising challenges, the weather, the fishing industry and breathtaking beauty of the Area. Joe Upton's experience from a small boat is nature in your face and will keep you on the edge of your seat. The book is full of great pictures and maps showing Joe's cruising routes during his 7 month season of fishing. This book gave me an education on what to expect cruising the Inside Passage which I want to do someday in a small boat. Anyone who wants to know more about the Inland Waters will love this book. Someday a movie will have to be made about this true story. Thank-you Joe for writting this book... it is a classic of history.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully detailed and illustrated fisherman's diary., March 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage (Paperback)

Joe Upton has a way with words and pictures that captures the changing, and often savage, beauty of the Southeast Coast of Alaska. Follow the daily adventures of the author, his wife and a dog as they ply the Alaskan salmon trade in a 32' boat from Seattle to Scagway and back. Beautifully illustrated with the authors own photos and maps its a must read for anyone who loves Alaska, the sea, boats or fishing. We had the good fortune of meeting and dining with the author in l998,(he now writes travel books), while on a cruise of the inside passage. We quickly became a fan of Joe and have devoured all three of his books. I just wish that I had read this book before the cruise. It would have made the trip all that more enjoyable.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very real!, October 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage (Paperback)

Easy to read and to get 'involved in the story'. I have fished many of the areas described and the author is very accurate. Great reading if you have spent any time in Alaska.