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Title: Coming Back Alive by Spike Walker ISBN: 0-312-26971-4 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: real acts of heroism
Comment: I've read the other readers criticisms -- it's not that I disagree, I just don't think they interfere with one's enjoyment of the book. Walker may have used too many adverbs or told us more than we needed to know about some families (I imagine he was going after Junger's technique in The Perfect Storm), but he still writes an absolutely riveting account of harrowing helicopter rescues over the most treacherous water in the U.S. The thought of a huge helicopter being blown back a few hundred feet is hard to imagine, yet that is just what happened during 3 rescues the same night with 100 foot rogue waves almost swallowing the helicopter. I enjoyed the descriptions of Alaska's fishing industry and thought Walker did an excellent job of weaving together various interviews. There may be smaller flaws with the book, but you still won't be able to put it down!
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb Reading
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I was spellbound the whole way. In January 1998 the fishing vessel,La Conte sank,leaving its crew struggling in 100 mph winds and 90-foot seas. Spike Walker took me there emotionaly and made me see and feel the heroic Coast Guard rescue of the ship's crew. I can still visualize the helicopter below the tops of the gigantic waves. Spike Walker doesn't tell the story, he takes you there and places you in the middle of the ocean fighting the gigantic waves and freezing water. You can see and feel every emotion.It's hard not to get goose bumps. After reading this book I have a completely different view of the Coast Guard. I can't imagine anything harder to do than to patrol Alaskan Waters, determined to rescue anyone in danger, no matter what the odds. My hat is off to Spike Walker:
Rating: 4
Summary: Incredible story... good writing
Comment: Really good, captivating story. Once you get into Part II, it's hard to put the book down. However, there is something funky about the writing that I can't put my finger on. It's a bit wordy at times and the use of big words and multiple adverbs feels a little over kill at times. I must question the editing of the book as well. It seems like "the story" wasn't long enough for a full blown book, so elements were added afterward to help fill the pages. The early chapters do not synch and all along you're waiting for them to tie in together or for characters introduced in the beginning to come back later in the book... but they never do.
Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend this book, but I can't give it 5 stars based on some editing and writing issues.
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Title: Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas by Spike Walker ISBN: 0312089244 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Nights of Ice : True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas by Spike Walker ISBN: 0312199937 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Alaska : Tales of Adventure from the Last Frontier by Spike Walker ISBN: 0312275625 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 18 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Out on the Deep Blue : Women, Men, and the Oceans They Fish by Leslie Leyland Fields ISBN: 0312277261 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 05 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Their Fathers' Work: Casting Nets with the World's Fishermen by William McCloskey ISBN: 007135820X Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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