An edition of The Perfect Storm (1997)

The perfect storm

a true story of men against the sea

1st ed.
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An edition of The Perfect Storm (1997)

The perfect storm

a true story of men against the sea

1st ed.
  • 4.07 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 114 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

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 a virtually no warning. "She's comin; on, boys, and she's comin' on strong." radioed Captain Billy Tyne of the Andrew Gail off the coast of Nova Scotia, and soon afterward the boat and its crew of six disappeared without a trace.
In a narrative 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 illustrates 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 the storms, and the candid accounts of the people whos lives the storms touched.
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 like 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.

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Norton, W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
227

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Cover of: The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.)
April 3, 2007, Harper Perennial
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Cover of: The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
June 2000, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea
October 6, 1999, Harper Perennial
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Cover of: The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea
October 6, 1999, Harper Perennial
in English
Cover of: The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
July 1, 1998, HarperTorch
in English
Cover of: The perfect storm
The perfect storm: a true story of man against the sea
1997, Fourth Estate
in English
Cover of: The perfect storm
The perfect storm
1997, Harper, HarperTorch
in English
Cover of: The perfect storm
The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea
1997, Thorndike Press
in English
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The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea
1997, Norton, W.W. Norton
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Edition Notes

1140 Lexile.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.4 13.0 18445.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
974.4/5
Library of Congress
QC945 .J66 1997, QC945.J66 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 227 p. :
Number of pages
227

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Open Library
OL1003073M
Internet Archive
perfectstorm00jung
ISBN 10
039304016X, 006101351
LCCN
96042412
OCLC/WorldCat
35397863
Library Thing
3825
Wikidata
Q58884991
Goodreads
947560

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