| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-05-01 | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 204 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Marlin fishing is intrinsically, almost compulsorily, a team sport, one that requires a boat captain, mate, and fishing crew for the 16 million deep-sea anglers in America. But Carlos Bentos has won dozens of billfish competitions—working completely alone. In fair weather and foul, he single-handedly maneuvers his boat for twelve, fourteen, sixteen hours a day, days at a stretch, at the same time spotting, landing, and releasing unharmed marlin weighing hundreds of pounds.
How does he do it? And why? In A CREW OF ONE, Bentos describes what compels him to troll solo a hundred miles offshore hoping for the strike of the fish called "the apex of deep-sea fishing." Through one man's extraordinary experiences of solitary adventuring, this oceanic A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT offers a new way of looking at fishing, at self-reliance, and at the mystique of being alone at sea.
Industry Reviews "Lucid and gracious...." Kirkus Reviews (04/15/2002)
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