Waiting to Deliver: From greenhorn to skipper- an Alaskan commercial fishing memoir

by Patrick Dixon

Using poetry, prose and photography, Waiting to Deliver tells the story of a young man's journey into the world of commercial fishing for salmon on the waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska. Starting as a 27-year old greenhorn schoolteacher from Indiana, Patrick Dixon works as a deckhand for two seasons before buying his own boat and permit. Through a series of missteps inspired by ignorance, inexperience and bad luck, he stumbles through twenty years of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1088026133
• ISBN13: 9781088026137
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Patrick Dixon
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"