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The Ship and the Storm : Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome

The Ship and the Storm : Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome Paperback - 2002

by Jim Carrier

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Ship and the Storm : Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome
  • Author Jim Carrier
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0156007401I4N00
  • ISBN 9780156007405 / 0156007401
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.94 x 5.28 x 0.98 in (20.17 x 13.41 x 2.49 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantome (Schooner), Shipwrecks - Caribbean Sea
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001051802
  • Dewey Decimal Code 910.916

Summary

Captain Guyan March had spent his entire professional career aboard Windjammer Barefoot Cruises' fleet of extravagant tall ships that carry passengers on weeklong fantasy cruises spiced with rum and sun. When he agreed to command the Fantome, Windjammer's marquee ship, a beautiful 282-foot schooner that "sailed like a pig" in the Gulf of Honduras, he knew that a storm would leave him little space to run. In the southern reaches of the Caribbean, Tropical Storm Mitch whirled to life like a nebula and became Captain March's worst nightmare--a category five storm with 180-mile-per-hour winds and fifty-foot seas. After discharging his passengers in Belize, Captain March and his crew, most of them West Indians, took the $20 million uninsured tall ship out to sea to dodge the approaching storm. What ensued was a deadly game of cat and mouse that confounded experts' predictions and cornered the Fantome with eerie precision.
Based on journalist Jim Carrier's exhaustive research and hundreds of interviews, The Ship and the Storm explores the story of the Fantome and Hurricane Mitch from every angle. From the deck of the ship, to the research planes flying into the eye of the hurricane, to islanders and coastal villagers in a desperate battle for survival, The Ship and the Storm is the heartbreaking and horrifying story of the most destructive hurricane in Western Hemisphere history.

First line

THE WATER IN THE BAY WAS SO UNTROUBLED, so full of sparkle, that when it lapped against the steel hull it felt like a first kiss.

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PRAISE FOR THE SHIP AND THE STORM

"A remarkable work. . . . An unfolding detective story whose protagonist is a storm that defies reliable forecasting, and a behind-the-scenes expose." --The New York Times
"Dark drama of duty and courage . . . gripping but never
exploitative."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Just as gripping and compelling [as The Perfect Storm]."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A thoroughly detailed context in which to view one of the worst
hurricanes in recorded history."--Booklist
"A short, sharp and well-reported account of one of the high-profile disasters of that deadliest of hurricanes, Mitch."--Orlando Sentinel