RE: [Paddlewise] The Hungry Ocean

 Well Sandy I disagree with you.  I read the book and liked it.  Like Dave
Kruger I got what I expected.  Unlike Dave I did not grow up in a fishing
town, although I knew many Lake Superior fishermen when I was a kid.  Their
style of fishing was not at all like what is described in "The Hungry
Ocean."  The Lake Superior fishermen that I knew fished in open boats,
usually fished alone and did not bother to learn to swim.

Dana Dickson   


 > Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:01:05 EST
 > From: Sandykayak_at_aol.com
 > Subject: [Paddlewise] The Hungry Ocean
 > 
 > It took Ms. Greenlaw 245 pages (out of 258!) to say:
 > 
 > "Readers of The Perfect Storm are curious about my experience in the 
 > Halloween gale, and are often disappointed when I explain to 
 > them where I was 
 > located the weather was not life threatening."
 > 
 > YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!! GRRRRR.  I only wish she'd put that bit at the 
 > beginning.  I kept waiting for the connection.  She made a 
 > few references to 
 > her sister ship and the crew but I get the impression that 
 > she was riding the 
 > coattails of a successful book.  
 > 
 > I'm not interested in fishing in the first place!!!   Now, 
 > if anyone would 
 > like to tell me why it is supposed to be such a great book.......
 > 
 > I certainly hope I don't run into her at the Miami Book Fair 
 > this weekend.
 > 
 > Sandy Kramer
 
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