Journeys Through the Inside Passage: Seafaring Adventures Along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska

by Joe Upton

Book Overview

Writer and fisherman Joe Upton recounts the stories of explorers of the past and seafarers of the present: the journey of a widow who solo-navigated a small vessel in the 1930s with her five children; the failed meeting of explorers Alexander Mackenzie and George Vancouver in 1793; the countless sinking of log barges, fishing craft, and passenger ships. 31 photos. 7 maps.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882403664
• ISBN13: 9780882403663
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Highly Recommended

I purchased this book in a used bookstore in preparation for an Alaska cruise. This book is a collection of stories. Some are historical, but most are real life experiences of the author or of people he has met. You meet gillnetters, skippers, loggers, bartenders, crabbers and many more, each living their unique lives in a part of the world Upton has intimate knowledge of. As Upton tells his stories, you can hear the whales feeding in the rips and feel the fear as a seiner searches for safe passage in the night, it's radar out, a storm threatening. This is one of the most delightful books I have read in years. It is masterfully paced and compelling from beginning to end. I am re-reading it right now.