The Resource The fisher queen : a deckhand's tales of the BC coast, Sylvia Taylor
The fisher queen : a deckhand's tales of the BC coast, Sylvia Taylor
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The item The fisher queen : a deckhand's tales of the BC coast, Sylvia Taylor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- It's 1981, and Sylvia Taylor has signed on as rookie deckhand on a wallowy 40-foot salmon troller. Looking forward to making money for university, she is determined to master the ins and outs of fishing some of the most dangerous waters in the world: the Graveyard of the Pacific. For four months, she helps navigate the waters off northern Vancouver Island, learning the ways of fisherfolk and the habitat in which they breathe, sleep and survive. The politics of selling fish, the basics of tying gear, near-death experiences, endless boat troubles, the emotional perils of sharing cramped quarters--all are part of a steep and unforgiving learning curve. Taylor's story captures the reality of life on a fishboat and documents the end of an era, a time when the fishing industry wasn't yet marred by unchecked overfishing or hyper-regulation. Her lyrical, simple prose explores the tight-knit relationship of fishers with the west coast's wild, untamed waters. Her memoir bursts with all the humour and hell, peace and upheaval that is the Pacific Ocean
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- ""Contents""; ""The Legend of Sisiutl""; ""Vancouver Cast-Off""; ""Sointula""; ""Port Hardy""; ""Bull Harbour""; ""First Day Fishing""; ""Un-Dressing Salmon""; ""Gaia�s Whale""; ""Davy Jones�s Locker""; ""Salmon Prince""; ""Indian Candy""; ""The Quick Turnaround""; ""No Atheists at Sea""; ""Winter Harbour""; ""The Great Grey Beast""; ""High-Pressure Fronts""; ""For the Living and the Dead""; ""Home""; ""Epilogue""; ""Afterword""; ""About the Author""
- Isbn
- 9781927051658
- Label
- The fisher queen : a deckhand's tales of the BC coast
- Title
- The fisher queen
- Title remainder
- a deckhand's tales of the BC coast
- Statement of responsibility
- Sylvia Taylor
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
- Biographies
- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast
- Fisheries
- Fisheries -- British Columbia | Pacific Coast
- Fishers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
- Pacific Coast (B.C.) -- Biography
- Taylor, Sylvia, 1957-
- Women merchant mariners
- Women merchant mariners -- British Columbia | Pacific Coast -- Biography
- Fishers -- British Columbia | Pacific Coast
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It's 1981, and Sylvia Taylor has signed on as rookie deckhand on a wallowy 40-foot salmon troller. Looking forward to making money for university, she is determined to master the ins and outs of fishing some of the most dangerous waters in the world: the Graveyard of the Pacific. For four months, she helps navigate the waters off northern Vancouver Island, learning the ways of fisherfolk and the habitat in which they breathe, sleep and survive. The politics of selling fish, the basics of tying gear, near-death experiences, endless boat troubles, the emotional perils of sharing cramped quarters--all are part of a steep and unforgiving learning curve. Taylor's story captures the reality of life on a fishboat and documents the end of an era, a time when the fishing industry wasn't yet marred by unchecked overfishing or hyper-regulation. Her lyrical, simple prose explores the tight-knit relationship of fishers with the west coast's wild, untamed waters. Her memoir bursts with all the humour and hell, peace and upheaval that is the Pacific Ocean
- Additional physical form
- Issued also in printed form.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Taylor, Sylvia
- Dewey number
- 331.4/8238282
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HD6073.F672
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Taylor, Sylvia
- Women merchant mariners
- Fishers
- Fisheries
- Pacific Coast (B.C.)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Fisheries
- Fishers
- Women merchant mariners
- British Columbia
- Label
- The fisher queen : a deckhand's tales of the BC coast, Sylvia Taylor
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ""Contents""; ""The Legend of Sisiutl""; ""Vancouver Cast-Off""; ""Sointula""; ""Port Hardy""; ""Bull Harbour""; ""First Day Fishing""; ""Un-Dressing Salmon""; ""Gaia�s Whale""; ""Davy Jones�s Locker""; ""Salmon Prince""; ""Indian Candy""; ""The Quick Turnaround""; ""No Atheists at Sea""; ""Winter Harbour""; ""The Great Grey Beast""; ""High-Pressure Fronts""; ""For the Living and the Dead""; ""Home""; ""Epilogue""; ""Afterword""; ""About the Author""
- Control code
- 798415618
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781927051658
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9df618a1-7a59-4793-8af3-9db4625955db
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)798415618
- Label
- The fisher queen : a deckhand's tales of the BC coast, Sylvia Taylor
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- ""Contents""; ""The Legend of Sisiutl""; ""Vancouver Cast-Off""; ""Sointula""; ""Port Hardy""; ""Bull Harbour""; ""First Day Fishing""; ""Un-Dressing Salmon""; ""Gaia�s Whale""; ""Davy Jones�s Locker""; ""Salmon Prince""; ""Indian Candy""; ""The Quick Turnaround""; ""No Atheists at Sea""; ""Winter Harbour""; ""The Great Grey Beast""; ""High-Pressure Fronts""; ""For the Living and the Dead""; ""Home""; ""Epilogue""; ""Afterword""; ""About the Author""
- Control code
- 798415618
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781927051658
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9df618a1-7a59-4793-8af3-9db4625955db
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)798415618
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
- Biographies
- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast
- Fisheries
- Fisheries -- British Columbia | Pacific Coast
- Fishers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
- Pacific Coast (B.C.) -- Biography
- Taylor, Sylvia, 1957-
- Women merchant mariners
- Women merchant mariners -- British Columbia | Pacific Coast -- Biography
- Fishers -- British Columbia | Pacific Coast
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