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OverviewEvery Alaskan king crab season, brothers Andy and Johnathan Hillstrand risk their lives and seek their fortunes upon the treacherous waters of the Bering Sea. Sons of a hard-bitten, highly successful fisherman, and born with brine in their blood, the Hillstrand boys couldn’t imagine a life without a swaying deck underfoot and a harvest of mighty king crabs waiting to be pulled from the ocean floor. In pursuit of their daily catch, the brothers brave ice floes and heaving waves sixty feet high, the perils of thousand-pound steel traps thrown about by the punishing wind, and the constant menace of the open, hungry water—epitomized in the chorus of a haunting sailors’ sing-along: “Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, beware.” By turns raucous and reflective, exhilarating and anguished, enthralling, suspenseful, and wise, Time Bandit chronicles a larger-than-life love affair as old as civilization itself—a love affair between striving, willful man and inscrutable, enduring nature. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andy Hillstrand , Johnathan Hillstrand , Malcolm MacPhersonPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.221kg ISBN: 9780345504128ISBN 10: 0345504127 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 31 March 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsGripping . . . enjoyable reading. -- Roanoke Times<br> <br> You know that cool reality-TV show Deadliest Catch ? . . . The boat captains featured on the series . . . continue to scare us in this behind-the-scenes book. -- Sacramento Bee<br> <br> This boys' own adventure is delivered with the irresistible bluster of a fisherman raving to a rescuer about how he has just cheated death . . . again! -- Sydney Morning Herald<br> <br> Their first-person accounts matter-of-factly explain what it's like to constantly face death on the Bering Sea and what it does to your life back on land. -- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Author InformationOn board Time Bandit, their family owned and operated vessel, brothers Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand share the skippering duties. Johnathan, a resident of Homer, Alaska, takes the helm during the king crab season. When not on deck, chances are he can be found on the back of his Harley Fat Boy. During opilio season it is Andy who sits in the wheelhouse. In the off-season, however, he can be found training horses on his ranch in Indiana. Malcolm MacPherson is a former correspondent for Newsweek and the author of more a dozen books including most recently the satirical war novel Hocus Potus and the nonfiction account of battle in Afghanistan, Roberts Ridge. He lives near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia with his wife and children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |