The Big Run by Ray Fadich

In 1958, when Captain Nick “Foreigner” Barhanovich hired greenhorn Ray Fadich to work as a skiffman on Barhanovich’s purse seiner The Emancipator, Fadich had little clue what that fishing season would hold for him. As the newest member of the crew, Fadich had to deal with a steep learning curve, days of backbreaking labor, and the practical jokes and initiation into the brotherhood of the commercial fisherman—all while The Emancipator followed the salmon through Puget Sound, chasing the elusive catch that would enter the boat and its crew into the record books.

In this memoir of the 1958 sockeye fishing season aboard The Emancipator, Fadich describes in detail the disappointment and joy he and his crewmates experienced as they vied with weather, other boats, and time as they tried to strike it rich during The Big Run.

89 Pages, Softcover, 8.5x11 photos

ISBN# 978-087004-6339 $15.95

From Porthill to Franklin—from Weiser to Driggs, Idaho Inside and Out recounts the geology and the people who make the Gem State unique.

Supercontinent Pangaea, the Snake River Plain, the Bonneville Flood, an aquifer with enough water to fill Lake Erie, and a subterranean ice cave in the midst of a lava desert are but a few of Idaho’s natural wonders that are described.

Sacajawea, Diamondfield Jack, Peg Leg Annie, John Mullan, Chief Pocatello, General B.L.E. Bonneville and many other colorful Idahoans are chronicled.

In addition, Idaho Inside and Out contains 50 current and historical photos plus driving directions to the sites.

189 Pages, Softcover, 6x9

ISBN# 978-087004-6377

$17.95