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Junger, Sebastian.
Subjects
Andrea Gail (Boat)
Halloween Nor'easter, 1991.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Swordfish fisheries -- New England
Swordfish fishing -- New England -- History
Fishers -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester.
Fisheries -- New England -- History.
Natural disasters -- New England -- History.
Northeast storms -- New England.
Gloucester (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.
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Junger, Sebastian.
Andrea Gail (Boat)
Halloween Nor'easter, 1991.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Swordfish fisheries -- New England
Swordfish fishing -- New England -- History
Fishers -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester.
Fisheries -- New England -- History.
Natural disasters -- New England -- History.
Northeast storms -- New England.
Gloucester (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.
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The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea / Sebastian Junger
by
Junger, Sebastian.
Norton, c1997.
Call #:
974.45 J95p
Subjects
Andrea Gail (Boat)
Halloween Nor'easter, 1991.
Shipwrecks
--
North Atlantic Ocean.
Swordfish fisheries
--
New
England
Swordfish fishing
--
New
England
--
History
Fishers
--
Massachusetts
--
Gloucester.
Fisheries
--
New
England
--
History
.
Natural
disasters
--
New
England
--
History
.
Northeast storms
--
New
England
.
Gloucester (Mass.)
--
Social life and customs.
ISBN:
9780393040166 (hc.)
9780393337013 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed
Description:
xii, 227 p. : map ; 22 cm
Summary:
"In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high. Among its victims was the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based swordfishing boat the Andrea Gail, which vanished with all six crew members aboard. 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 virtually no warning. "She's comin' on, boys, and she's comin' on strong," radioed Captain Billy Tyne of the Andrea Gail off the coast of Nova Scotia, and soon afterward the boat and its crew of six disappeared without a trace. In a book 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 illuminates 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 storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched, to produce a rich and informed narrative."--Provided by publisher.
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