Customer Reviews
Hard to put down! - By: , 24 Aug 1999 
I have heard that King Crab fishing was dangerous. Spike Walker lets you know exactly what it is really like. I have a whole new respect for those who bringin our King Crab! This book brought many a tear.
I read the book in one sitting - By: , 13 Jul 1999 Spike Walker has hit the nail on the head with his focus on the misery & pain of being a deckhand. Behind the glory of fast money & a romanticized way of life is the harsh reality of seasickness, sleep deprivation & cruel hazing by crewmates. As a former commercial fisherman I felt all of these feelings again when reading this book, but I could not put it down until it was finished. The danger is real & Spike does a masterful job of drawing the reader in. An authentic piece of work.
Excellent sequel to Working on the Edge..... - By: , 07 Apr 1999 Spike Walker is a journalist who speaks with the experience of having been & worked there over many season of crab fishing. His writing is very descriptive & provides the reader with a vivid description of the events as told to him by the survivors.
A brief glimse of life on the edge gone wrong - By: , 19 Feb 1999 
Having worked as a commercial fishermanin Alaska myself, going from a green deckhand who didn't know what was dangerous to a highliner who could see things coming, I felt myself wanting to talk to the charactersin the book - "No, don't do that!" In some cases, they made all the right decisions, & still lost, or through sheer divine providence, survived, against all odds. Well written, a straight take on what many times is an overly romantized profession.
Great book, but some inaccuracy with the characters - By: , 21 Jul 1998 The fifth story titled "Lost & Adrift" is about the fishing vessel "Cloverleaf." Myself being, a former Coast Guardsman, stationed at air station Kodiak was launched out on this particular rescue. The book mentions petty officer Brian Blue as the air crewman who spotted Rick Lawsin the water from the C-130. There was no petty officer Brian Blue aboard the C-130 on this mission & to the best of my knowledge from researching, there has been no Coast Gurdsman named Brian Bluein Coast Guard aviation. I was the one at the scanners window of the C-130 & was the one who spotted Rick Lawsin the water on the second day of the rescue mission. I remember it well & can remember at least 3 names of the 7 cremembers on board the C-130. While preparing to drop the MA-1 kit (liferafts & survival gear) to Rick Laws from the ramp of the C-130 I also noticed Wink Cissel floatingin the water. In the beginning of the book acknowledgements are credited to! the non-existent Brian Blue. The cover calls it to be true stories of survival disastersin Alaska, meaning that all the people usedin the book should be factual names. I am Bruce Erb, the "Brian Blue"in the book. The third fisherman, Kim, who did not make it, was a friend & former Coast Guardsman assigned to the air station Kodiak.
