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The triumphant sequel to William McCloskey's bestselling book about the commercial angling industry. William McCloskey's best-selling book Highliners set up him as an power on the hazards and hardships of the Alaskan angling industry. Now in an epic sequel, Breakers returns to Kodiak to graph the fortunes of McCloskey's beloved individuals as they make their living from the ocean. A well known skipper, Hank Crawford works his own sail boat and is popular by his crew. Yet Hank recognizes all too well that with a hefty mortgage to pay off, a brand-new sail boat, and an even newer baby, he and his family need the crab and salmon to keep coming into their nets. But as every fisherman recognizes, the ocean is a fickle mistress. The crab season is the poorest yet, and salmon prices drop. When his child comes ill and his sail boat gets ruined, Hank journeys in desperation to his associates in Japan. Here he faces a moral crossroads: compromise his own business ethics or risk losing everything he's functioned for. With the same joy of risk, McCloskey catches the exhilaration, the play, and the never-ending fears that are the landmarks of the commercial fisherman's trade. Breakers is truly a triumphant addition to the saga Highliners collections in motion.
