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The Perfect Storm
by Sebastian Junger
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 123456789X
- ISBN 13
- 9781234567897
- Seller
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Mena, Arkansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$272.35NZ$163.41
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About This Item
New York & London: Norton, 1997 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated First edition on fourth line of copyright page. Also indicated by number line, 1234567890. Fine/Fine. Tight, clean copy. Unread. Slight shelf wear to cover. Red, grey ad white glossy pictoral dust jacket. Photo of author Sebastian Junger on back. "The Perfect Storm is a real life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt air on our tongues and a breathless sense of what it feels to be caught ,helpless in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control. We know, on the strength of this stark, and compelling journey into the dark heart of nature, what it feels like to drown.".
Synopsis
The Perfect Storm is a creative nonfiction book written by Sebastian Junger and published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1997. The paperback edition followed in 1999 from HarperCollins' Perennial imprint. The book is about the 1991 Perfect Storm that hit North America in October 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, based out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost at sea during severe conditions while longline fishing for swordfish 575 miles (925 km) out.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Supercalifabulistic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000008
- Title
- The Perfect Storm
- Author
- Sebastian Junger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 123456789X
- ISBN 13
- 9781234567897
- Publisher
- Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Halloween Gale,Shatford Family, Judith Reeves,Karen Stimson,John Spilane,Dave Ruvola, Crowes Nest,Gloucester Mass, offshore fishing
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