Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish 1st (first) edition Text Only

by G. Bruce Knecht

Excellent Book

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

G. Bruce Knecht is a former senior writer and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Author of GRAND AMBITION: An Extraordinary Yacht, the People Who Built It, and the Millionaire Who Can't Really Afford It; THE PROVING GROUND: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race; and HOOKED: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish, he has also written for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian and Conde Nast Traveler. An avid sailor, Knecht raced across the Atlantic in 2005 on the yacht that broke the 100-year-old transatlantic race record. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

[ER · Rating 4 out of 5]

Handed this book on day 1 of new job and told “this is sort of what our office does”. Pretty wild stuff!