Shiyak!: Misadventures of the Schooner Lottie Bennett : The Last Windjammer Voyage to Alaskan Salmon Waters

by Tom Anderson

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Shiyak! is the true account of a sea adventure that took place in 1932. It recounts in beautifully flowing prose the tale of a journey to the Bering Sea region of Alaska in a four-masted, topsail schooner, the last commercial windship to sail from San Francisco Bay to Alaskan salmon waters. The voyage was a flamboyantly promoted co-operative fishing expedition to the Kuskokwim River. The promoters promised a glamorous trip with little work and a handsome profit --- in the midst of the Great Depression --- all for a modest investmen… (more)

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Shiyak! is the true account of a sea adventure that took place in 1932. It recounts in beautifully flowing prose the tale of a journey to the Bering Sea region of Alaska in a four-masted, topsail schooner, the last commercial windship to sail from San Francisco Bay to Alaskan salmon waters. The voyage was a flamboyantly promoted co-operative fishing expedition to the Kuskokwim River. The promoters promised a glamorous trip with little work and a handsome profit --- in the midst of the Great Depression --- all for a modest investmen

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