Captain Phil Harris
The Legendary Crab Fisherman, Our Hero, Our Dad
Josh Harris ; Jake Harris ; Blake Chavez ; Steve Springer
- The
- electrifying
- behind-the-scenes
- story
- of
- the
- late
- Deadliest
- Catch
- star,
- from
- his
- own
- two
- sons.Prior
- to
- his
- untimely
- death
- in
- 2010,
- Captain
- Phil
- Harris
- was
- a
- star
- of
- Discovery
- Channel’s
- Deadliest
- Catch,
- the
- hit
- show
- that
- follows
- the
- exhilarating
- lives
- of
- Alaskan
- crab
- fishermen
- as
- they
- brave
- the
- vicious
- Bering
- Sea.
- He
- led
- his
- crew
- through
- hurricane-force
- winds
- and
- fourstory-
- high
- waves,
- hauling
- in
- millions
- of
- pounds
- of
- crab
- and
- raking
- in
- millions
- of
- dollars.Phil
- worked
- hard,
- but
- he
- played
- even
- harder.
- His
- life
- on
- shore—from
- his
- rebellious
- days
- to
- his
- tempestuous
- marriages,
- from
- his
- addictive
- habits
- to
- his
- fundamental
- American
- success
- story—could
- serve
- as
- a
- reality
- show
- in
- itself.
- He
- lived
- his
- life
- at
- Mach
- speed:
- the
- blitz
- of
- crab
- season,
- the
- six-figure
- paydays,
- the
- thunderous
- motorcycles,
- and
- the
- drug-fueled
- parties.
- High-speed
- chases
- and
- all-night
- blackjack
- binges
- were
- par
- for
- the
- course.But
- as
- wild
- as
- Phil
- could
- be,
- he
- was
- always
- openhearted
- and
- infectiously
- friendly.
- He
- was
- a
- devoted
- friend,
- a
- loving
- father,
- a
- steadfast
- captain,
- and
- a
- hero
- to
- audiences
- across
- America
- and
- around
- the
- world.His
- death
- in
- 2010,
- the
- result
- of
- stroke
- and
- heart
- failure
- at
- the
- age
- of
- fifty-three,
- left
- a
- hole
- in
- the
- hearts
- of
- millions.
- In
- this
- exclusive
- authorized
- biography,
- Phil’s
- two
- surviving
- sons,
- Josh
- and
- Jake
- Harris,
- team
- up
- with
- bestselling
- author
- Steve
- Springer
- and
- coauthor
- Blake
- Chavez
- to
- share
- the
- thrilling
- story
- of
- Phil’s
- remarkable life.
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