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Books I Recommend

This is a list of nonfiction books on writing and commercial fishing. Please let me know about your favorite books on the topics, and I will add them to the list. 


Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeas
Spike Walker

Nights of Ice: True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas
Spike Walker

Alaska: Tales of Adventure from the Last Frontier
St. Martin's Griffin

Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
Spike Walker

Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past
William Knowlton Zinsser

Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
Bradford Matsen

The Entangling Net: Alaska's Commercial Fishing Women Tell Their Lives
Leslie Leyland Fields

Salt In Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife
Michele Longo Eder

Writer Mama: How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids
Christina Katz

Get Known Before The Book Deal: Use Your Personal Strengths To Grow An Author Platform
Christina Katz

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott

Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
Natalie Goldberg

Writing Down the Bones
Natalie Goldberg

Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir
Natalie Goldberg

Thunder and Lightning : Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
Natalie Goldberg

Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Second Edit
Judith Barrington

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King

Writing Motherhood
Lisa Garrigues

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.)
Sebastian Junger

The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
Linda Greenlaw

Alaska Blues: A Story of Freedom, Risk, and Living Your Dream
Joe Upton

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William K. Zinsser

Steady as She Goes: Women's Adventures at Sea (Adventura Series)
Seal Press

The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
Mark Kurlansky
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Mark Kurlansky
Lost at Sea
Patrick Dillon

Your Life as Story
Tristine Rainer

Pink Harvest: Tales of Happenstance
Toni Mirosevich

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