Hair of the Dog: Tales from Aboard a Russian Trawler Tapa blanda - 1996

Washington State Univ Pr, 1996-08-01. Paperback. Very Good. 8x6x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Barbara Oakley's riveting portrayal of espionage, lust, comic adventure, hard work - and harder drinking - brings to life a little-known episode of American history when two cold-warring nations got together to fish the north Pacific. The joint fishing venture saw a brief period of success during the 1980s when Americans caught fish within the two-hundred mile maritime limit, then passed them off at sea to Russian processing trawlers. Oakley served as a translator aboard the processing ships, and Hair of the Dog is her true-life story of volatile Russian and American fishermen forced to work together.Barbara Oakley proved to be a resourceful translator - one who could silence the KGB with a squirt gun or handle a mob of drunken Russians seeking nirvana at K-Mart in downtown Portland. She is an equally imaginative author who has provided one of those rarest of book finds:… Leer más

Washington State University, 1996-08. Paperback. Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.