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The Tender Life

In The Tender Life, writer Anne Winters tells stories from her 20 years of working and living aboard two classic wooden boats with her husband Ron as they worked the Alaska fisheries from south of Ketchikan to way north of Nome. Continue reading

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The Greatest Fish

The greatest fish ever caught in Alaska was a king salmon hauled ashore by Les Anderson of Soldatna in 1985. The cover photo below is a larger-than-life carving of Les with his fish which stands in front of the Visitor Center in Soldatna, on the Kenai Peninsula. Award-winning writer Lew Freedman tells Les’ story and many other Alaska fishing tales with wit and humor in this collection of true stories about fishing in the Last Frontier. Continue reading

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