Dave Atcheson's book "Dead Reckoning" tells harrowing tales from his time in Alaska's fisheries
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Cordova Times] by Margaret Bauman - October 15, 2014 -
Veterans of Alaska's commercial fishing industry will shudder and remember, while those who have never experienced the perils of harvesting on the high seas will get a reality check on why the capture of wild seafood may pose danger at any turn.
Author Dave Atcheson, of Sterling, Alaska, tells it all in his new book, "Dead Reckoning," with stark descriptions of navigating a life on the high seas of the Last Frontier, and narrow escapes from Davy Jones' locker.
"Alaska may have at times kicked my ass but in the process it has taught me a great deal," Atcheson writes, in the book's epilogue. "And as I look back from this vantage point I know Karl was right that night on the deck as we surveyed our damaged boat: what doesn't kill you, if you let it, may just make you stronger.
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