As the San Francisco waterfront struggled in the grip of the Great Depression, fifteen-year-old Russ Hofvendahl talked his way aboard a four-masted schooner and sailed out to catch cod in the Bering Sea. Full of laconic candour, Hard on the Wind Featuring many period photos of the ship and crew, Hofvendahl's laconic, candid and compelling narrative recounts this formative journey with vivid anecdotes depicting a world that exists today only in memory. PB 251pp