When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man

by Nick Dybek

Book Overview

Every fall, the men of Loyalty Island sail from the Olympic Peninsula up to the Bering Sea to spend the winter catching king crab. Their dangerous occupation keeps food on the table but constantly threatens to leave empty seats around it. To Cal, Alaska remains as mythical and mysterious as Treasure Island, and the stories his father returns with are as mesmerizing as those he once invented about Captain Flint before he turned pirate. But while Cal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594488096
• ISBN13: 9781594488092
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher