The Western Flyer : Steinbeck's boat, the Sea of Cortez, and the saga of Pacific fisheries /
Saved in:
Author / Creator: | Bailey, Kevin McLean, author. |
---|---|
Imprint: | Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
Subject: | |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11241162 |
Table of Contents:
- An iconic boat, Steinbeck, and Pacific fisheries
- Western Flyer
- Setting the stage
- The Sea of Cortez
- A grand trip on the Western Flyer
- The California sardine fishery
- A story of fortune, politics, and woe
- What happened to the sardines?
- The ecological view of Ed Ricketts
- Rose-colored sea
- Captain Dan Luketa and the Pacific Ocean perch fishery
- North to Alaska
- The return of the Western Flyer to the Aleutians and the red king crab fishery
- The gemini years
- A tale of the red-fleshed Pacific salmon
- The long road home
- End of the voyage.