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Seaworthy a swordboat captain returns to the sea

Linda Greenlaw, the world's only female swordfish captain, hadn't been swordfishing in ten years. But when her lobster traps aren't paying off, her truck is on its last gasp, and the bills are piling up, she decides to take a friend up on his offer and captain a boat for a season of s...

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Main Author: Greenlaw, Linda, 1960-
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2010.
Edition: Library ed.
Series: Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Subjects:
Greenlaw, Linda, > 1960-
Sea Hawk (Fishing boat)
Swordfish fishing > Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
Seafaring life > Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
Women ship captains > Grand Banks of Newfoundland > Biography.
Ship captains > Grand Banks of Newfoundland > Biography.
Grand Banks of Newfoundland > Description and travel.
Audiobooks.
Summary: Linda Greenlaw, the world's only female swordfish captain, hadn't been swordfishing in ten years. But when her lobster traps aren't paying off, her truck is on its last gasp, and the bills are piling up, she decides to take a friend up on his offer and captain a boat for a season of swordfishing. However, the boat turns out to be the rustiest of buckets, with sprung, busted, and ancient equipment. Here, Greenlaw chronicles her adventures on the sea, including a trip to jail.
Item Description: Title from container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Includes an interview with the author.
Physical Description: 6 sound discs (7 hr., 1 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 07:01:00
Production Credits: Director: Sandra Burr.
ISBN: 9781423390053 (container)
1423390059 (container)
Author Notes: Linda Greenlaw studied English and government at Colby College. During the summer after her freshman year, she became a cook and deckhand on the fishing boat Walter Leeman. She continued working on the boat during free time and vacations, and after graduating from college in 1983. She became a swordfish captain in 1986. She was featured in the book and film The Perfect Storm.

She has written several books including the nonfiction works The Hungry Ocean, The Lobster Chronicles, All Fishermen Are Liars, and Seaworthy: A Swordfish Boat Captain Returns to the Sea as well as a cookbook entitled Recipes from a Very Small Island and two mystery novels entitled Slipknot and Fisherman's Bend. She won the U.S. Maritime Literature Award in 2003 and the New England Book Award for nonfiction in 2004.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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