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The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
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The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey Hardcover - 1999

by Greenlaw, Linda

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Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a 30-day swordfishing voyage, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they could have been ripped from the pages of "Moby Dick."

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New York: Hyperion Books, 1999. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Eleventh Printing of First Edition. . Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Linda Greenlaw has captured offshore fishing life in a brutally honest, funny way. Hers is an authentic, insightful account of what it means to captain a crew in an unpredictable ocean. The story of a 30 day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best outfitted boats on the East Coast, with danger, humor and characters that seem right out of Moby Dick. Handsome binding of black half cloth with gilt titles, burgundy paper-wrapped boards; spotless, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals also as new. Unclipped glossy jacket with photograph by Sally Gall/Swanstock. xiii, 265 pages. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. Hyperion Books, New York, 1999.
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  • Title The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey
  • Author Greenlaw, Linda
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion Books, New York
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 020072
  • ISBN 9780786864515 / 0786864516
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.66 x 5.72 x 0.98 in (22.00 x 14.53 x 2.49 cm)
  • Ages 18 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 13 - 12
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Swordfish fishing - Grand Banks of, Greenlaw, Linda
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-51985
  • Dewey Decimal Code 639.277

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  • Booklist, 05/15/1999, Page 1652
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/1999, Page 598
  • Library Journal, 05/15/1999, Page 116
  • New York Times, 05/09/1999, Page 23
  • Outside, 07/01/1999, Page 125
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/12/1999, Page 62
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2000, Page 161
  • Time, 08/23/1999, Page 67

About the author

Linda Greenlaw has been a deep-sea fisherman for 18 years, becoming the first and only female swordfish captain in the Grand Banks Fleet. This career earned her a prominent role in Sebastian Junger's runaway bestseller, The Perfect Storm and a protrayal in the subsequent film. She was raised in Maine and graduated from Colby College. Greenlaw now lives on Isle au Haut, Maine, where she captains a lobster boat.

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