{"product_id":"waiting-to-deliver-patrick-dixon-9780990496014","title":"Waiting to Deliver: An Alaskan commercial fishing memoir","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting to Deliver\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young man's journey into the world of commercial fishing on the waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska. Starting as a greenhorn, Patrick Dixon works as a deckhand for two seasons before buying his own boat and permit. Through a series of missteps and close calls inspired by ignorance, inexperience and bad luck, he stumbles through several early years surviving the dangers inherent in working on the water, nursing a chronically sinking boat and staying afloat financially to become a seasoned and successful fisherman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"You bend over a red to show me how to use a fish pick\/not realizing what is happening to me\/\u003cbr\u003ehow you are stripping away the web of my past life\/pulling me through to solid ground.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDixon intersperses his stories with evocative poetry and classic black-and-white original photographs. As an accomplished photographer and sensitive poet, he fills \u003ci\u003eWaiting to Deliver\u003c\/i\u003e with unexpected sensitivity and an artist's perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting to Deliver\u003c\/i\u003e offers adventure, danger, humor and a love for working on the water in a vast and wild land. It describes a world, lifestyle and livelihood that is rapidly disappearing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Dixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0990496015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780990496014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fisherpoets Anthology: Anchored in Deep Water\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Patrick Dixon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056522719487,"sku":"9780990496014","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b225ad58-abcf-4324-b1b5-e40e44c3376c.jpg?v=1685041776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waiting-to-deliver-patrick-dixon-9780990496014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}