The Alaska Cruise Handbook was developed by Joe Upton as a way to show to cruise passengers some of the drama he had seen in 20 years of traveling the coast as a commercial fisherman, mapmaker, and photographer. The key to its enduring popularity is that in addition to in-depth information on cruises, ports, excursions, walks, places to eat, etc, it is full of Joe's wonderful and insightful stories about the people and places of this unusual coast. Additionally, it comes with a richly detailed and illustrated 22" x 34" Alaska and the routes cruise ships take up the coast. 288 Pages with over 400 color photographs and 10 smaller maps. Available direct from: http://www.epicenterpress.com/getpage.cfm?file=book1504.html