false <![CDATA[The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172413473m/173165.jpg 173165 18 The term <i>fisherwoman</i> does not exactly roll trippingly off the tongue, and Linda Greenlaw, the world's only female swordfish boat captain, isn't flattered when people insist on calling her one. "I am a woman. I am a fisherman... I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl. If anything else, I am a thirty-seven-year-old tomboy. It's a word I have never outgrown." Greenlaw also happens to be one of the most successful fishermen in the Grand Banks commercial fleet, though until the publication of Sebastian Junger's <I>The Perfect Storm</I>, "nobody cared." Greenlaw's boat, the <I>Hannah Boden</I>, was the sister ship to the doomed <I>Andrea Gail</I>, which disappeared in the mother of all storms in 1991 and became the focus of Junger's book. <I>The Hungry Ocean</I>, Greenlaw's account of a monthlong swordfishing trip over 1,000 nautical miles out to sea, tells the story of what happens when things go right--proving, in the process, that every successful voyage is a study in narrowly averted disaster.<p> There is the weather, the constant danger of mechanical failure, the perils of controlling five sleep-, women-, and booze-deprived young fishermen in close quarters, not to mention the threat of a bad fishing run: "If we don't catch fish, we don't get paid, period. In short, there is no labor union." Greenlaw's straightforward, uncluttered prose underscores the qualities that make her a good captain, regardless of gender: fairness, physical and mental endurance, obsessive attention to detail. But, ultimately, Greenlaw proves that the love of fishing--in all of its grueling, isolating, suspenseful glory--is a matter of the heart and blood, not the mind. "I knew that the ocean had stories to tell me, all I needed to do was listen." <I>--Svenja Soldovieri</I> 1842743 1999 The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey total:592|5:101|4:245|3:209|2:32|1:5| 592 2181 760 87 173165 0786885416 9780786885411 570 83 The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172413473m/173165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173165.The_Hungry_Ocean_A_Swordboat_Captain_s_Journey 5 3 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Aug 12 00:56:16 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 01:12:09 -0700 2007
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Linda Greenlaw captained an American sword boat. By itself, this is an accomplishment worthy of respect. More than that, she became one of the most successful captains in the fleet. And as "The Hungry Ocean" attests, she is also an accomplished writer with a fine...

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It is the story of one month-long cruise, with flashbacks and related tales relating to the fishing banks off the eastern U.S. and ...more...]]> 173165 0786885416 9780786885411 570 83 The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172413473m/173165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173165.The_Hungry_Ocean_A_Swordboat_Captain_s_Journey 3 0 false Thu Oct 15 19:35:58 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 19:35:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 173165 0786885416 9780786885411 570 83 The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172413473m/173165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173165.The_Hungry_Ocean_A_Swordboat_Captain_s_Journey 2 0 false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 16:59:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 17:02:50 -0700 2009 173165 0786885416 9780786885411 570 83 The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey 3.68 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172413473m/173165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173165.The_Hungry_Ocean_A_Swordboat_Captain_s_Journey 4 0 false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 06:51:30 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 06:21:54 -0700 2009
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