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The Perfect Storm - A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Hardcover, 1st ed)
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The Perfect Storm - A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Hardcover, 1st ed)
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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. "Drifting down on
swimmers is standard rescue procedure, but the seas are so violent
that Buschor keeps getting flung out of reach. There are times when
he's thirty feet higher than the men trying to rescue him. . . .
[I]f the boat's not going to Buschor, Buschor's going to have to go
to it. SWIM! they scream over the rail. SWIM! Buschor rips off his
gloves and hood and starts swimming for his life." 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. The Perfect Storm is a
real-life thriller that will leave readers with the taste of salt
air on their tongues and a sense of terror of the deep.
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