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Contents ix Acknowledgments 1 Part I: The Life and the Waters 2 Chart of South-central Alaska from Cook Inlet to Kayak Island 4 Emergence 7 The Thing 17 Cook Inlet 27 The Wake 43 Part II: The Ebb 44 Chart of Cook Inlet from the Forelands to Seldovia 45 Catching the Ebb 62 First Drifts with Margaret 78 The Cannery 96 Bowline Bill 104 Anna A 118 Poopdeck’s Hand 127 Ngul-a Fatica! 134 Desdemona Sands 144 Sounion and Scrivener 158 Ishmael 170 Revenge 180 Moontide 187 Sea-Brothers 195 Sign of Wind 202 Judith on the Bluff 208 Mouthful of Sand 224 Exxon Valdez 242 Captain and Crew 253 The Cutting Web 262 Ninety-Two 272 Call Me ...

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