The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea / Sebastian Junger.
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TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2009.Description: xiv, 233 p. : ill., map ; 21 cmISBN: - 0393337014
- 9780393337013
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"There is nothing imaginary about Junger's book; it is all terrifyingly, awesomely real." -- Los Angeles Times
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." In a book that has become a classic, Sebastian Junger explores the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched. The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that makes us feel like we've been caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control.
Winner of the American Library Association's 1998 Alex Award.
Georges Bank, 1896 -- Gloucester, Mass., 1991 -- God's country -- The Flemish cap -- The barrel of the gun -- Graveyard of the Atlantic -- The zero-moment point -- The world of the living -- Into the abyss -- The dreams of the dead.
The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.