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Coming Back Alive by Spike Walker (2002, Paperback, Reprint)
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Author: Spike Walker
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0312302568
ISBN-13: 9780312302566
Product ID: EPID2255211
Description: This search and rescue story tells of the Coast Guard's effort to save the shipwrecked crew of the fishing vessel La Conte during a night storm in the Gulf of Alaska.
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COMING BACK ALIVE
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GREAT BOOK ON A RESCUE ON THE BEARING SEE . GREAT DETAIL AND TRUE FACTS . A PLEASANT READ . WOULD RECOMMEND TO ANYONE INTO ALASKA OR CRAB FISHING . ALSO THERE IS A LOT OF COAST GUARD CONTENT .
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Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our Great Read, Spike Walker hits a HomerunReview created: 08/09/07
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) Spike Walker sets up his narrative assembling a cast for his tale of seafaring disaster on the southern Gulf of Alaska fishing grounds: a five-man crew of earnest commercial fishermen; a leaky trawler, La Conte; helicopter crews and an vicious winter storm. The January 1998 storm was the worst in the state's history, and La Conte took in water and sank, leaving its crew to the mercy of 100 mph winds and 90-foot seas. Spike describes the Coast Guard's heroic rescue of the ship's crew along the rugged Alaskan coast. A well written book, as I personally own all 3 books that Walker has written.
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Coming Back AliveReview created: 08/06/07
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The book itself was riveting. It tells about true sea rescues by the US Coast Guard, which the author compiled both from eyewitness reports, and sometime his own personal experience while fishing with the fleets on the Bering Sea. I learned of this book while watching a series on crab fishing in the Bering Sea on the Discovery Channel, and couldn't wait to order it. Even though it was on backorder due to the enormous popularity of that TV show, the seller kept me up to date on when my book would ship. They were great to deal with.
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