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| Original Title: | The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea |
| ISBN: | 0393337014 (ISBN13: 9780393337013) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=8639 |
| Characters: | Bobby Shatford, Capt. Billy Tyne, Dale Murphy |
| Literary Awards: | Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award for Nonfiction (2007), ALA Alex Award (1998) |
Sebastian Junger
Paperback | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 4.09 | 99551 Users | 1729 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea |
| Author | : | Sebastian Junger |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | June 29th 2009 by W. W. Norton & Company (first published May 1997) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Adventure. Biography. Environment. Nature. Survival. Historical |
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"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost". 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 Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards its hellish center.Rating Out Of Books The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
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This was pretty good and read really quickly, especially toward the end. The quite drawn-out description of what it's like to drown was terrifying, as well as the description of what the ocean is like in a storm like that. I'm scared of the ocean so I found it oddly fascinating in a horrific way. I also thought that the very real importance of dreams and premonitions was described in the book--crewmen would get a "bad feeling" about going out with a boat and family members would dream aboutAfter I read War , I wanted to read something else by this author Sebastian Junger. I am surprised that he wasnt out on the boat during the storm! He likes to be where the action is. Crazy man. Good writer.Since a well known movie was made from this book in 2000, many readers will know roughly what happens before they start the book. That creates an interesting dynamic for the reader. (view spoiler)[ Farewells become especially poignant when you know that it the final farewell with death just
I read this book the first time shortly after it was published and thoroughly enjoyed it. A couple of decades later it was just as good. On the surface, this is a strange idea. Its an attempt to describe a horrifically powerful storm that struck the Atlantic off the northeast coast and sank a fishing boat, killing its crew. In reality its a window into the highly dangerous world of deep-sea fishing with in-depth analysis of the dangers the men and women in the trade encounter. Along the way it
I had mixed feelings about this book, but I would recommend it to just about anyone. The history and dangers of commercial fishing off the treacherous waters of New England/the north Atlantic are well expounded; full of fascinating facts and anecdotes. But Junger was faced with a fundamental problem with this book that I'm not sure he was able to overcome satisfactorily: and that's that he spends a good deal of time getting us intimate with a large cast of characters--the fishermen and loved
Not a huge fan of how he organized this book because describing these different things like the fishing industry, hurricanes, drowning, etc. really took away from the main characters. As a reader I became very confused when he would start to describe a crisis on the sea but then suddenly switch to describing someones background/personality. It made no sense and I didn't like that about it. I also don't think he should've included the story about the Andrea Gail bc to me it really took away from
If you are someone who loves to read fact after fact, tons of boat history, and a book that has at least five different perspectives that the story is told in, in the first 20 pages, then this is the book for you. "The Perfect Storm" Starts with Bobby and his girlfriend, Christian, sleeping. They wake up, and they round up their gang. Then they all head to a bar. Bobby and his friends drink and drink, and drink some more. Afterward, everyone in the group, not including Christian, go to the sword
I didn't see the film so I came fresh to the book. It had a lot of impact on me because I have been in a small boat, a 34' catamaran in a 4 day storm out in the Atlantic before Brazil. It wasn't a 'perfect storm' but it was still rough, with huge seas and a constant exhausting beating against the wind. It prevented us going into Fernando do Noronha, our next stop, we couldn set a course for the archipelago at all. So I could not just see but feel what a difficult position they were in. I know
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