COMING BACK ALIVE. Copyright © 2001 by Spike Walker. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Title page photo by Conrad Johnsen
Map on page ix by Jeffrey L. Ward
eISBN 9781466805378
First eBook Edition : January 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Walker, Spike.
Coming back alive : the true story of the most harrowing search and rescue mission ever attempted on Alaska’s high seas / Spike Walker.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-312-26971-4 (hc)
ISBN 0-312-30256-8 (pbk)
1. La Conte (Fishing vessel) 2. Shipwrecks—Alaska—Alaska, Gulf of. 3. United States Coast Guard—Search and rescue operations. I. Title.
G530.L3 W36 2001
63’.12’3’09783—dc21
2001019678