This book is like sitting down with an old and very dear friend over a couple of beers (or cups of coffee) and listening to exceptionally interesting, frequently funny, occasionally a tad frightening, and always heart-warming stories of his life and the paths he has been down.
I read a great deal and generally fairly rapidly, "so many books, so little time." However, from about the third paragraph of Arnie's book I slammed on the brakes. My brain simply said this is a book to be shared completely with the author, to be read as if the author were right across from you wherever you might be reading and speaking just to you, because that is exactly what Arnie does. He simply shares, in the most entertaining way, a life's path with more twists and turns into unexpected places than most people could experience in ten lifetimes. I really enjoyed reading this book very slowly and savoring the wonderful tales this interesting man shares. I was actually sorry the book came to an end, and I've found myself going back and rereading about some of the fascinating trails this "singin; salmon man" has traveled. If you want to relax and spend some truly entertaining time with a fascinating man, read The Singin' Salmon Man from Cornet Bay. By the end you'll feel as though Arnie Deckwa is one of your oldest and dearest friends, you'll be smiling broadly, and you too will not want the stories to end."
Captain M. J. McCamish, USN (Ret)
