The Perfect Storm A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Junger, Sebastian, Illustrated by Including Photographs and an Afterword By the Autho

ISBN 10: 0060977477 / ISBN 13: 9780060977474

Published by HarperPerennial, 1999, 1999

About this Item

Soft Cover. Very Good. Later Printing. Remainder. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light partial black marker line on bottom page edges, edges lightly rubbed. "Now a major Motion Picture" 236 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Perfect Storm A True Story of Men Against the Sea
• Publisher: HarperPerennial, 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060977477
• ISBN 13: 9780060977474
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Including Photographs and an Afterword By the Autho
• Edition: Later Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Remainder
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transportation and Travel

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Synopsis

<P>October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"--a tempest that may happen only once in a century--a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the <I>Andrea Gail</I>, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards its hellish center.</P>

About the Author

Sebastian Junger grew up in suburban Massachusetts, not far from the town of Gloucester, the fishing port depicted in The Perfect Storm that was home to the Andrea Gail and its crew. He graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in cultural anthropology in 1984 and has been a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in such magazines as Outside, Men's Journal, American Heritage, and The New York Times Magazine. Drawn to stories of adventure, Junger has delivered radio reports from the war in Bosnia, covered smoke jumpers in Idaho's wilderness wildfires, and written about the smallest border town in Texas. In addition he has for many years worked a high climber and trimmer for tree removal companies. He currently lives in New York City and Cape Cod. The Perfect Storm is his first book.