Born 1/17/1962 Belmont,Massachusetts, United States View on WikiPedia The Perfect Storm: A True Story Of Men Against The Sea
by Sebastian Junger
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- Book Near fine codition, dust jacket in fine condition with the exception of a clipped front flap. Book is solid, no writing, n/very good
- ISBN 10
- 039304016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040166
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In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high. Among its victims was the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based swordfishing boat the Andrea Gail, which vanished with all six crew members aboard."Drifting down on swimmers is standard rescue procedure, but the seas are so violent that Buschor keeps getting flung out of reach. There are times when he's thirty feet higher than the men trying to rescue him. . . . [I]f the boat's not going to Buschor, Buschor's going to have to go to it. SWIM! they scream over the rail. SWIM! Buschor rips off his gloves and hood and starts swimming for his life."It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm." When it struck in October 1991, there was virtually no warning. "She's comin' on, boys, and she's comin' on strong," radioed Captain Billy Tyne of the Andrea Gail off the coast of Nova Scotia, and soon afterward the boat and its crew of six disappeared without a trace.In a book taut with the fury of the elements, Sebastian Junger takes us deep into the heart of the storm, depicting with vivid detail the courage, terror, and awe that surface in such a gale. Junger illuminates a world of swordfishermen consumed by the dangerous but lucrative trade of offshore fishing, "a young man's game, a single man's game," and gives us a glimpse of their lives in the tough fishing port of Gloucester, Massachusetts; he recreates the last moments of the Andrea Gail crew and recounts the daring high-seas rescues that made heroes of some and victims of others; and he weaves together the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched, to produce a rich and informed narrative. The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that will leave readers with the taste of salt air on their tongues and a sense of terror of the deep.
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- Title
- Born 1/17/1962 Belmont,Massachusetts, United States View on WikiPedia The Perfect Storm: A True Story Of Men Against The Sea
- Author
- Sebastian Junger
- Book Condition
- Used - Book Near fine codition, dust jacket in fine condition with the exception of a clipped front flap. Book is solid, no writing, n
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- W.W. Norton & Co. 1997. First Edition, Fist Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039304016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040166
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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- FICTION / Suspense;
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