Never Cry Halibut: and Other Alaska Hunting and Fishing Tales

by Bjorn Dihle

Overview

From the sharp, comic voice of Haunted Inside Passage, Never Cry Halibut is a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska.

Accompanied by photographs, each story reflects the author's three-decade relationship with the wildest places left in North America as he interacts with brown bears, wolves, wilderness, commercial fishing, and the nearly forgotten act of harvesting food from the wild. From hilarious tales of his nieces outfishing him to reflective ruminations on the human connection to nature, Bjorn captures the liveliness that comes from living so close to the Southeast Alaska wilds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781513260921
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Southeast Alaska native Bjorn Dihle is a writer, commercial fisherman, teacher, and wilderness guide. You can find his work in Alaska Magazine, Sierra, Earth Island Journal, Adventure Kayak, Juneau Empire, Hunt Alaska Magazine, FIsh Alaska Magazine, Alaska Sporting Journal, andNorth of Ordinary. This is the follow-up to his first book, Haunted Inside Passage.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Blacktails and Brown Bears
Chapter 2: Sooty Obsession
Chapter 3: The First Deer
Chapter 4: My Best Trophy
Chapter 5: Fish Terrors
Chapter 6: Mountain of Memories
Chapter 7: Return of the Prodigal Fisherman
Chapter 8: Meat Hunter’s Creed
Chapter 9: Never Cry Halibut
Chapter 10: Fishematics
Chapter 11: High Country Blacktails of Admiralty
Chapter 12: Dear Nutrition.gov, Please Sponsor My Alaskan Diet Plan
Chapter 13: Goat Obsession
Chapter 14: Fortymile Caribou
Chapter 15: A Bloody Business but a Good Life
Chapter 16: A Good Weight to Carry
Chapter 17: Fishiction
Chapter 18: Monarch
Chapter 19: Dear Patagonia, Please Hire Me as a Fashion Designer
Chapter 20: Adak Caribou
Chapter 21: The Constant Fisherman Syndrome
Chapter 22: Deerslayer
Chapter 23: A Few Hours of Pain for a Winter of Good Eating
Chapter 24: Bird Dog
Chapter 25: The Fish That Refused to Get Away
Chapter 26: From Forest to Freezer
Chapter 27: The Wolf and the Fawn
Chapter 28: The Trails We Follow
Chapter 29: In the Time of Ptarmigan
Chapter 30: Of Relationships and Freezers
Chapter 31: Caribou Spoons
Chapter 32: The Caribou of the Brooks Range
Chapter 33: Dear National Geographic, Please Produce My Reality Show Idea
Chapter 34: Yakobi Island and Cross Sound
Chapter 35: Sheep Country
Chapter 36: Grizzly Country
Chapter 37: Fishlove
Chapter 38: Sisu

Editorial Reviews

"Author Bjorn Dihle beautifully chronicles his experiences as a outdoorsman son of Alaska and takes you on a hunting and fishing retrospective journey to the Last Frontier's steep mountains, lush forests and pristine salmon-filled rivers." —Chris Cocoles, Alaska Sporting Journal

"Bjorn Dihle is one of the more exciting voices to emerge from Alaska in the last decade. His work is honest, humorous and engaging—and saturated with an authentic Alaskan outlook impossible to fake. You’ll want to read this again and again." —Troy Leatherman, Hunt Alaska Magazine and Fish Alaska Magazine

“Bjorn Dihle tells stories with understated humor and passion, and a hard-earned knowledge not only of Alaska’s expansive wilderness, but also of the ground beneath his feet. His laid-back approach and likable manner come across in every line and often belie the effort and danger inherent in many of his pursuits. His voice is authentic Alaska.” —Russ Lumpkin, editor Gray’s Sporting Journal and former editor Alaska

"Jovial Alaskan essays come together with humor and a sense of nature’s majesty, as well as notes about big game and fish catches. . . a collection that speaks to the human need to explore, understand, and dream about the wilderness beyond our door." —Foreword Reviews

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