The Perfect Storm - Softcover

Junger, Sebastian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006101351X ISBN 13: 9780061013515

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

Synopsis

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 theAndrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards its hellish center.

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Review:

The Perfect Storm is the tale of a doomed ship caught in the middle of what some meteorologists have called the storm of the century. At its heart is a gripping narrative about struggling for survival in a tempest of ferocious winds and 100-foot waves. But rookie author Sebastian Junger does more than simply spin a good yarn. His account of how fishermen ply their trade and lead their lives in the 1990s is fascinating. The same goes for his descriptions of storm formation, wave physics and the terror of drowning. Anybody who enjoys Jon Krakauer's work or "Drama in Real Life" from Reader's Digest will appreciate The Perfect Storm.

Review:

Ferociously dramatic and vividly written.

Ferociously dramatic and vividly written. "

Harrowing, relentless . . . and thoroughly enjoyable.

Takes readers into the heart of the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost.

A terrifying, edifying read. . . . Readers . . . are first seduced into caring for the book's doomed characters, then compelled to watch them carried into the jaws of a meteorological hell. Junger's compassionate, intelligent voice instructs us effortlessly on the sea life of the sword-fisherman, the physics of a sinking steel ship, and the details of death by drowning.--Dava Sobel

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 006101351X
• ISBN 13: 9780061013515
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320