A hard way to make an easy living

Alaska

Kodiak Alaska

The early years

Tuna fever

Tuna

To catch a tuna

Walking the docks

Kodiak Island herring

Salmon fishing

Grandpa Burch

Joint venture fishing days

Quick big bags

The Russian years

Cod fishing

Fishing the ice pack

New waters

Death and destruction

Fall venture 1989

Shore-based fishing

A halibut derby

Shore-based changes

Back to school

The factory trawler industry

The golden fleece

A bad trip north

The prosperity

Prosperity prospers

A child is born

Not necessarily prosperity

The Rebecca Irene

Company hopping for the Rebecca Irene

An orca reunion

The way of the wind

Back to fishing

Trouble begins

Getting caught

Busted

A new direction

Afterword.