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Fishcamp : life on an Alaskan shore / Nancy Lord ; illustrations by Laura Simonde Southworth.

Summary:

The author celebrates the way of life in Cook Inlet, Alaska, where she & her partner fish from June to August every year. With poetic cadence and magical tone, Lord writes of her life from June to August, days filled with the mending of nets, the muscle-wrenching labor of the catch, the exquisite pleasure of an improvised hot-tub, and the often subtle beauty of the inlet's flora and fauna. Woven throughout Lord's adventures is the deeper history of the region's stories and legends of the native Denaiina people; anecdotes about past and current residents; descriptions of their neighbors, both human and animal, who like Lord and her partner, co-exist with fish.

Record details

ISBN: 1582430705
ISBN: 9781582430706
Physical Description: xviii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: 1st Counterpoint pbk. ed.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261).

Formatted Contents Note:

Few words about words -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Beginnings: Beach time -- Weaving of the web -- Two lakes -- Putting up boat -- More history of a hard place: Crying country -- Under the tides, under the moon -- Living by fish, surrounded by water: First fish -- Creek culture -- Day in the life -- Food fish and the fairness question -- That which grows: Naming the green -- Prettiest tree -- Thinking like a berry bush -- Animal dreams: On not being alone -- Beauty in the beast -- Beluga days -- Epilogue -- Suggested readings.