by Sebastian Junger
Follows the chain of events that led to the disappearance of the Andrea Gail during 1991's perfect storm of the title.Using interviews with survivors from other ships, and friends and family of the missing crew, Junger puts together a potted history of the fishing industry and the effect it has on t...
The perfect book. If your idea of it was formed by the (imo) not very good film adapted from it, well, don't judge it from that. I found this book riveting, and absolutely nothing created by special effects technicians can match the awe-inspiring description of rogue waves. And just about nothing, n...
Amazing book. Very technical and harrowing.
I watched the movie so knew the end yet the book was still gripping. Written with an insiders eye for detail. I felt I understood what these people were thinking and feeling. I now have a greater appreciation for the dangers of the sea and the people who go forth so seemingly without a thought for t...
It's the last days of October 1991. Most of the Gloucester swordfishing fleet is on the fishing grounds and will be there for another week or so. The Andrea Gail, however is headed home. She's off her usual cycle and with a broken ice-machine and a hold full of fish, her men are ready to go home....
I hardly ever read non-fiction, but I loved this because it read like a novel.
In Gloucester there is a sculpture of the Virgin Mary between two tall bell towers of the Our Lady of Good Voyage Church. She has a bundle in her arms that she lovingly gazes at. The bundle is not the infant Jesus; it’s a Gloucester schooner. Fishing the Grand Banks has always been extreme...
A best seller that truly deserved to be a best seller! Excellent story! (Much, much better than the movie)
It's a thrilling story, and it's told so well. All those writers who work with Outside Magazine are getting great training.
Oh, man, great adventure story and excellent weather story, too.Library copy.
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