<div>  "Truly remarkable portraits<br>         of courage." -- John van Amerongen, editor, <i>Alaska Fisherman's </i><br><i>        Journal</i><br>       "These little-known tales<br>         of women working in Alaska's commercial fishing industry make for great<br>         reading. . . . Readers will be amazed by their stories." -- Laine<br>         Welch, Alaska Fish Radio<br>       "A richly textured story,<br>         a multi-genre text that invites readers to witness women's conversation<br>         with America's last frontier, Alaska." -- Patricia Foster, University<br>         of Iowa<br>       Why do women choose an occupation<br>         that has been ranked the most dangerous in the nation? What do women give<br>         up--and get in return--when they take on the tasks of fishermen? <i>The </i><br><i>        Entangling Net</i> explores these issues through the stories of twenty<br>         women who have chosen to work in this extremely risky, male-dominated<br>         profession.<br>       Leslie Leyland Fields lyrically<br>         weaves their stories with her own experiences as a fishing woman. She<br>         tells of long, exhausting days in skiffs, catching fish in brutally cold<br>         weather on waters that are often violent. Her words and those of the women<br>         she interviews convey the paradoxical relationship the women have with<br>         commercial fishing: they face extraordinarily difficult working conditions<br>         made more difficult and dangerous by male crews and skippers who don't<br>         welcome women, yet they feel impelled by the challenge of the work to<br>         return to their jobs season after season.<br>  </div> Read Less