Bill Carter May 22, 2008

After each of four summers of salmon fishing in Alaskan waters, Bill Carter vowed not to return, yet each time he would answer his captain's call. His remarkable memoir, 'Red Summer: The Danger, Madness and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village,' sheds light not only on the culture of the people who fish, but also the salmon, and the wildlife who depend on it.