Hair of the dog : tales from aboard a Russian trawler / Barbara A. Oakley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oakley, Barbara A., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trawls and trawling--Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Anecdotes.

Trawls and trawling.

International cooperation--Anecdotes.

International cooperation.

Women translators--Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Biography.

Women translators.

Oakley, Barbara A., 1955-.

Oakley, Barbara A.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

190 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pullman, WA : Washington State University Press, [1996]

Summary:

Barbara Oakley's riveting portrayal of espionage, lust, comic adventure, hard work - and harder drinking - brings to life a little-known episode of American history when two cold-warring nations got together to fish the north Pacific. The joint fishing venture saw a brief period of success during the 1980s when Americans caught fish within the two-hundred mile maritime limit, then passed them off at sea to Russian processing trawlers. Oakley served as a translator aboard the processing ships, and Hair of the Dog is her true-life story of volatile Russian and American fishermen forced to work together. Barbara Oakley proved to be a resourceful translator - one who could silence the KGB with a squirt gun or handle a mob of drunken Russians seeking nirvana at K-Mart in downtown Portland. She is an equally imaginative author who has provided one of those rarest of book finds: a reflection upon an unknown world; and entertaining tale of adventure; and a thought-provoking examination of the intertwining consequences of fanaticism, greed, and opportunity.

ISBN:

087422134X

0874221358

OCLC:

34077595