Alaska -- Kodiak Alaska -- The early years -- Tuna fever -- Tuna -- To catch a tuna -- Walking the docks -- Kodiak Island herring -- Salmon fishing -- Grandpa Burch -- Joint venture fishing days -- Quick big bags -- The Russian years -- Cod fishing -- Fishing the ice pack -- New waters -- Death and destruction -- Fall venture 1989 -- Shore-based fishing -- A halibut derby -- Shore-based changes -- Back to school -- The factory trawler industry -- The golden fleece -- A bad trip north -- The prosperity -- Prosperity prospers -- A child is born -- Not necessarily prosperity -- The Rebecca Irene -- Company hopping for the Rebecca Irene -- An orca reunion -- The way of the wind -- Back to fishing -- Trouble begins -- Getting caught -- Busted -- A new direction -- Afterword.