Pub Date: June 1, 2009
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2010286640
Lexile Code: 1140
Features: Deckle Edges, Illustrated, Maps, Movie/TV Tie-In, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 8.01" L x 5.10" W ( 0.45 lbs) 248 pages
BISAC Categories:
Biography and Autobiography | General | Nature | Natural Disasters | Ecosystems and Habitats | Oceans and Seas | Essays | Weather
Description: The incredible true story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed Boston boat with her crew of six fishermen that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.
Brief description: Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, A Death in Belmont, Fire, War, Tribe, and Freedom. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. He lives in New York City and Cape Cod.
Review Quotes: One reads with the most intense concern, anxiety and concentration; and if one knows anything at all about the sea one feels the absolutely enormous strength of the hurricane winds and the incredibly towering mass of the hundred-foot waves.--Patrick O'Brian