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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Junger, Sebastian
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039304016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040166
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Collectible book. SIGNED. 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. "Riveting.The natural upheaval holds center stage and acts as a character, but the story converges upon human beings in this case, the six-man crew of the doomed Gloucester swordfishing boat Andrea Gail." ? Boston Globe
Synopsis
The Perfect Storm is a creative nonfiction book written by Sebastian Junger and published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1997. The paperback edition followed in 1999 from HarperCollins' Perennial imprint. The book is about the 1991 Perfect Storm that hit North America in October 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, based out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost at sea during severe conditions while longline fishing for swordfish 575 miles (925 km) out.
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- Bookseller
- BIAbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000425
- Title
- The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
- Author
- Junger, Sebastian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039304016X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393040166
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- NON-FICTION BIOGRAPHY NORTHEAST STORMS: NEW ENGLAND JUNGER GLOUCESTER ANDREA GAIL
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