The Summer of '72

Three young men and a gritty, hard-edged captain are shoehorned
into a 32-foot fishing boat in the vast, cold waters of Alaska. This
is the setting for the fascinating reminiscences of Ted Soderberg
about his long summer college vacation in 1972. Jaded with
the remnants of psychedelic hippie life in San Francisco, Ted
chooses to spend the summer months not living the easy life on
the beaches of Cancun or St Petersburg, but enduring the harsh,
exhausting conditions onboard a commercial purse seiner in
Southern Alaska.

Hilarious and awe-inspiring by turns, Soderberg narrates the story
of his experiences with a wry voice, and his relationships with the
crew, and hazardous encounters both at sea and on dry land,
make for a thrilling and fulfilling read.