Red Summer by Bill Carter to be re-released in June!

Schaffner Press, an independent publisher dedicated to books of quality that address universal themes of social importance, is reprinting a revised edition new edition of BC's much acclaimed memoirs, FOOLS RUSH IN (April) and RED SUMMER (June). The new edition of FOOLS RUSH IN will feature a Preface by Charles Bowden and an Epilogue by Bill that recounts his return to Sarajevo to accept an honorary citizenship award from the people of the city.

"Red Summer" is about life at the extreme edge of the food chain, and nowhere is the food chain more violent, more awesome or more intense than in Egegik....This is the ugly side of commercial fishing that you don't see on the adrenaline-soaked Discovery Channel"
-- The New York Times (Sunday, June 1, 2008)

A vivid, gripping account of the author Bill Carter's four summers spent in grueling and exhilaratingly hard work as a commercial salmon fisherman in a remote eskimo village in Alaska, and his rugged co-workers, particularly his crew-boss Sharon, who live by the credo: do the work or leave. Certain to appeal to adventurers, nature lovers, and armchair travelers. In the tradition of Jon Krakauer, Peter Matthiessen and Sebastien Junger, this is an honest and vivid story of what it means to leave so-called civilization behind for a life on the extreme edge, full of danger, excitement and untold beauty. "Carter simply gets everything right, from the damaged, broke, drunk fishermen with their carpal-tunnel-wracked arms to the sound of a thousand fish hitting a net at once."Outside (Required Reading, June 2008)

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Fools Rush In - to be Re-released in April!

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Some trips are chosen, others choose you. When tragedy strikes Bill Carter's life he finds himself drawn to a war zone. Sharing his extraordinary journey into a modern heart of darkness, the besieged city of Sarajevo, we meet a man rebuilding the ruins of his former self in the most unlikely of places.

Fools Rush In takes us on an emotional rollercoaster ride from Alaska to Dublin to Los Angeles to Sarajevo and back again while Carter seeks answers to questions he didn't even know he had. Compelling, humorous, hopeful and at times almost beyond belief, it is nonetheless all true.

For more information about this book and Bill's film Miss Sarajevo visit billcarter.cc

June 2010 Book Tour and Events

If you are in Washington or Oregon in June you'll want to attend any of these great events celebrating the re-release of Bills books. These aren't your average book store readings! You can check out the schedule here and get the dates and details. Be sure to check back here for LA and San Francisco events as we post them in coming weeks.

Red Summer Photographs

View the selection of photographs by Bill Carter from Red Summer. They are signed, in a limited series and available for purchase.

News

BILL CARTER BECOMES HONORARY CITIZEN OF SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (April 10, 2009)
Bill was awarded his honorary citizenship!
go to: official Sarajevo website

Go Fishin' in Alaska

Bill has compiled a great list of links if you want to try the working life in the Alaskan Fisheries!

Go fall off the edge of the earth and you just might get to a place where life still throbs. Bill Carter fell and felt the blasts of the Bering Sea blow away our pious lies about ourselves and the thing we call nature. This magical book sketches the way to get home before we kill all hope of home. And the fishing ain't bad either.
- Charles Bowden, author of Down By The River, A Shadow in the City

Red Summer is a wonderful book about a rare subject, the mysterious pleasure of brutally hard work. In this case it is the salmon run in Alaska and Bill Carter proves again that he is a first rate writer in the fascinating tradition of Junger and Krakauer."
-Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall, Returning to Earth