In the summer of 1962 Gunner Gunderson is 14 years old, stuck somewhere between a man and a boy. He had been raised on an island in the Pacific Northwest and every summer he worked in the fishing fleet for his uncle. School was always a problem. Early years with an abusive teacher in a one-room school on the island and a mean father, started Gunner down an unforgiving path.The last straw was when his father beat him, and Gunner's mother hauled him to his grandparent's ranch in Idaho next to the Nez Perce National Forest.After a rough first six weeks, Gunner finds a mentor and friend in a retired miner, Cleo, who sends Gunner to his mining claim up in the wilderness.A run-in with the local bullies makes Gunner their sworn enemy and they want revenge on Gunner and his new friend, Quiet Bird. Now they must decide how to keep her safe with the bullies still on the loose.This is a story that will appeal to your sense of adventure. Take life on and find your own experience, just like Gunner and Quiet Bird. -H J Pettersen
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978-1-957943-13-8 (9781957943138)
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H J (Pete) Pettersen started fishing with his dad and brothers in Alaska and on the Pacific Coast at age eight and by the time he was thirteen he captained a fishing boat in westward Alaska.Capt. Pete earned his Chief Engineer, Captain and Oceans Master licenses, and spent most of his career traveling the world as an Ocean Tugboat Captain and a short time as an Alaska Cruise Ship Captain.Capt. Pete, his wife Kat, and their dog Charlie, spend summers cruising southeast Alaska and British Columbia waters in their long-range trawler, Points North III.
