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Night aboard a cannery ship in Alaska a dying medic
The crew recalls a dying Mexican worker left untended at a cannery in Alaska. A nurseless midnights voyage brings the sick man ashore in rain and cold as the ragged bunkhouse rooms reveal harsh, wind swept conditions and grim jokes about local doctors amid a tense card game dispute and looming violence.
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Max Stern
Star
Stern
Alaska
California
Brown
Father and Son
Bis
Bon Kranciace
Rex Beach
Colombia
Moon-dah
Althe
Terra Firma
Kennela