The Last Run, (Paperback)

from Grandeplease

The Last Run is a story of dedication, greed, tenacity and heroism. Dedication of investigators to match miniscule remains to a missing person. Greed of fishermen to catch just a few more before heading back to port and safety from the storm. Tenacity of fishermen cast adrift in bone chilling wat...

from caimanjosh

Fantastic, riveting read about the men of the La Conte who are caught in a huge storm and forced to ride it out in the water itself. It also focuses on the helicopter rescue crews who risked their lives -- and very nearly lost them -- trying to save those men. To this day I've not read a more riv...

from kenno82

Lewan's writing seems very authentic. The characters feel very real and believable. While he presents heroic acts, the people involved are ridden with faults and insecurities. Alaska presents as a frontier nation, full of people who have spent their second and third chances and are chasing a four...

from amerynth

I mainly read this book because I'm acquainted with a relative of one of the rescuers and heard about this story. Lewan's tale of a dramatic helicopter rescue of Alaskan fisherman who were shipwrecked started out beautifully. But it quickly got bogged down in superfluous detail and background abo...

from readerdon

interesting! amazing how dedicated the coast guard is.