{"product_id":"the-entangling-net-alaskas-commercial-leslie-fields-9780252065651","title":"The Entangling Net Alaska's Commercial Fishing Women Tell Their Lives","description":"\"Truly remarkable portraits \u003cbr\u003e of courage.\" -- John van Amerongen, editor, \u003ci\u003eAlaska Fisherman's \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"These little-known tales \u003cbr\u003e of women working in Alaska's commercial fishing industry make for great \u003cbr\u003e reading. . . . Readers will be amazed by their stories.\" -- Laine \u003cbr\u003e Welch, Alaska Fish Radio \u003cbr\u003e \"A richly textured story, \u003cbr\u003e a multi-genre text that invites readers to witness women's conversation \u003cbr\u003e with America's last frontier, Alaska.\" -- Patricia Foster, University \u003cbr\u003e of Iowa \u003cbr\u003e Why do women choose an occupation \u003cbr\u003e that has been ranked the most dangerous in the nation? What do women give \u003cbr\u003e up--and get in return--when they take on the tasks of fishermen? \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Entangling Net\u003c\/i\u003e explores these issues through the stories of twenty \u003cbr\u003e women who have chosen to work in this extremely risky, male-dominated \u003cbr\u003e profession. \u003cbr\u003e Leslie Leyland Fields lyrically \u003cbr\u003e weaves their stories with her own experiences as a fishing woman. She \u003cbr\u003e tells of long, exhausting days in skiffs, catching fish in brutally cold \u003cbr\u003e weather on waters that are often violent. Her words and those of the women \u003cbr\u003e she interviews convey the paradoxical relationship the women have with \u003cbr\u003e commercial fishing: they face extraordinarily difficult working conditions \u003cbr\u003e made more difficult and dangerous by male crews and skippers who don't \u003cbr\u003e welcome women, yet they feel impelled by the challenge of the work to \u003cbr\u003e return to their jobs season after season. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Fields\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252065654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252065651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 5.98w x 0.51d","brand":"Leslie Fields","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302055178495,"sku":"9780252065651","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c11b98de-6bcb-40ff-a6f8-584f61be189c.jpg?v=1695159259","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-entangling-net-alaskas-commercial-leslie-fields-9780252065651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}