The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Language: English
Alex award Autobiography Biography Biography & Autobiography Customs & Traditions Earth Sciences Ecology Ecosystems & Habitats - Oceans & Seas Fisheries General Gloucester (Mass.) Halloween Nor'easter; 1991 Historical Hurricane Grace; 1991 Meteorology & Climatology Movie novels Natural Disasters Nature New England Northeast storms Northeast storms - New England Oceans & Seas Science Ships & Shipbuilding Social Science Specific Groups Specific Groups - General Storms Swordfish fishing Transportation Tropical Storm Grace; 1997 Weather
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: Sep 23, 1999
Description:
SUMMARY: 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 the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards its hellish center.