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The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea
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The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed ...
The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.
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- Creator
- Sebastian Junger
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- Language
- English
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- First edition
- New York : Norton, [1997]
- ©1997
- Physical Details
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- xii, 227 pages : map ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 039304016X, 9780393040166, 9780061013515, 006101351X, 0393050327, 9780393050325
- OCLC
- ocm35397863
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Subjects
- Andrea Gail (Boat)
- Halloween Nor'easter, 1991.
- Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
- Swordfish fisheries -- New England.
- Northeast storms -- New England.
- Gloucester (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.
- Storms -- New England.
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- Natural Disasters -- history
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- Fisheries -- history
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- Swordfish fishing -- history
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- Fishers
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- Hurricane Grace, 1991
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- Gloucester (Mass.) -- social life & customs
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- New England
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- Gloucester
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- Massachusetts
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