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The Search for the AmigoFrancis E. Caldwell (2000) The author’s first novel. Two kids and a dog, are lost and alone, on the fishing vessel Amigo, in the Gulf of Alaska during the worst storm of the century. Caution, swallow Dramamine pills before reading. Review: “It’s got everything: ferocious storms, escaped convicts, encounters with wolves, secret caves, dead bodies, guns and knives, radios that don’t work, engines that konk out, an avalanche, a whiny kid sister, a faithful pooch and a kind old geezer who helps the kids out of a jam.” John van Amerongen, editor, Alaska Fisherman’s Journal. Illustrated by Amy Zidulka. ISBN 1-55212-469-X
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Cassiar's Elusive GoldFrancis E. Caldwell (2000) A rich lost placer mine in the wilds of northern British Columbia. “A great gripping tale of gold seekers and greed by an author who knows the north.” Erwin Bauer “This story is hard to beat.” R.N.DeArmond ISBN 1-555212-337-5
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Beyond the TrailsFrancis E. Caldwell (1998) Read about Olympic Mountains, backpacking, mountaineering, camping and the life and times of a pioneer wildlife photographer Herbert Crisler. Review: “Beyond the Trails is a detailed biography of Herb and Lois Crisler, two nature lovers who turned tens of thousand on to the beauty of the wilderness. This book tells how they did it with pen and camera.” Karl Kunkel, Independent Publisher. ISBN 0-9662667-0-6
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Land of the Ocean MistsFrancis E.Caldwell.(1986)Explore the fabulous, seldom-visited Pacific Ocean section of Glacier Bay National Park with an author who spent much time there, and became captivated by its “spell.” Great natural beauty, thundering seas, shipwrecks, capsized Tlingit canoes, rumbling glaciers and details of the four giant tidal waves that have occurred in famous Lituya Bay. ISBN 1-57785-349-0
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Pacific TrollerFrancis E. Caldwell (1978) This always readable and immensely popular account of the offshore salmon and albacore troller’s life has recently been reprinted for the fourth time. Review: “Many writers spin tales about fishing, but this fisherman’s writing makes me slightly sea sick.” Megan C., Juneau, Alaska ISBN 1-55212-283-2
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At SeaFrancis E. & Donna L. Caldwell (2002) Sixty-one color photos, twenty-six poems, and reflections about the commercial fishing and seafaring life. Read: The Smashed Big Toe Blow, Ivar’s Mistake, Edgecombe, Mother’s Helping Hand, Come Home Now and Lituya. The story behind what inspired the poems. Readers will detect a whiff of tar, paint, diesel smoke as the authors roam the tuna grounds off Oregon. Experience the danger of crossing Queen Charlotte Sound during the 1984 “hurricane.” ISBN 0-9662-667-1-4
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Salmon On My MindFrancis E. Caldwell (2004) This is a true story about the author’s experiences learning to fish for salmon with sport gear in Alaska. The first big king salmon he hooked was estimated to have weighed 80 pounds, larger than any caught during the following 40 years, and he promptly lost it. Since then salmon has been constantly on his mind. This book covers the period after Caldwell first moved to Ketchikan in 1950 until 1959, and before the stories in his classic, best seller Pacific Troller, now in its fourth printing. Read about the adventures with small boats during hand trolling days, camping among brown bears and suffering hypothermia. ISBN 1-57785-473-X
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The Hawks of Smugglers CoveFrancis E. Caldwell (2007) “An Alaskan Romance” is the first of a trilogy. Beautiful American nurse, Ann Holister and handsome Alaskan Adam Hawke met at a Army field Hospital in England during World War I. Adam wasn’t expected to survive his war injuries, he confided to his nurse, “He couldn’t die, because he owned land at Smuggler’s Cove, Alaska an he had to build a log home on it.” War, romance, adventure, hardship, doubt, the young Christian couple realize their dream of building their own log home in Alaska’s wilderness. Coming soon:Hawkes of Smugglers Cove, Bear Country. Book 2 ISBN 1-4251-2384-8
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The Hawks of Smugglers Cove, Bear CountryBear Country, is the second book of a trilogy, The Hawks of Smuggler Cove. The Hawkes family faces a decision, whether to take over the bear guiding business after Richard Banks, Violet's husband, was killed by a big bear. There was no shortage of clients anxious to shoot "Killer Bear," to avenge Richard's death. The bear, however, eluded all attempts, until four Texan hunting hounds were brought in. At the end, the author shares his personal experiences with Alaska's huge brown bear. ISBN 1-4251-2384-8
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The Hawks of Smugglers Cove, Eye of the RavenIn Book Three, air travel became available in formerly isolated southeast Alaska, opening tourism as well as other business. The nature trips were successful, until the Navy confiscated the Adventuress to patrol southeast Alaska waters during World War Two. Fred joined the Navy and served in the Amphibious Corps. Adam began salmon trolling with the Ann. ISBN 1-4251-4091-2
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As the Sailor Loves the SeaBallard Hadman (1951) Reprinted by Anchor Publishing in 1999, this classic was the first book describing the hectic, dangerous but romantic life of salmon trolling out of Craig, Alaska. It was on the New York Times best seller list for over a year, followed by a special edition for the New York Times, book–of-the-month club. Reading doesn’t get better than this. ISBN 1-55212-286-7
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