About this title: Sebastian Junger's thrilling narrative account of a 1991 storm in the North Atlantic and the plight of the crew on the Andrea Gail was a huge bestseller. Junger tells of the lives of the fishermen and of the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and includes much lore about fishing, the fishing industry, and the science of sea and weather. He also charts the daring attempts by members of various rescue agencies who braved intense weather conditions to find and rescue those lost at sea.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 01/1997
ISBN-13:9780393050325ISBN:0393050327
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 227 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
"For starters, I found this book on a used book shelf in the Cubao section of Quezon City in Manila, Philippines. This is another one of those books I probably would not have picked out with a ton of options, but with only a few to choose from, I went with it.
I'M SO GLAD I DID. This book is WAY better than the movie. It's written by a journalist and the attention to detail and description of sailing, boats, weather patterns, what can go right and what can go wrong and what happens when those two things happen. Well, this book is a page-turned AND you learn things.
I was frightened on ferry boats for a few weeks after though.
But really, read this book. You'll be glad you did."
"Weather patterns and commercial swordfishing are not topics that ordinarily call out to me. But when Bob brought this book along on vacation, I ended up reading it as well. It is enthralling. When a skillful writer like Junger clearly explains the details of those weather patterns which ended up producing the disastrous storm that destroyed the Andrea Gail, and interweaves it with the stories of the six young fisherman on board, the effect is riveting. I particularly appreciated the way that Junger did not milk the story for pathos. He presents a straightforward, factual account of what happened, and those facts will keep you turning pages as quickly as any invented thriller could."
"I listened to this book on tape and was thoroughly entranced from start to finish. What a writer! Every character was fleshed out, every setting was described to a "T" - the boat, the sea, the sky. Even when I got to where I was going, I sat in the car waiting for a break in the action so I could stop. And each time I stopped the tape it was with regret. The whole time I was astonished that a book about weather could be this engrossing. I didn't see the movie (even though George was in it) because I knew that even on the big screen, the wall of water and the tossing of the boat could never be as big, as menacing, as real as what was in my mind.
I recommend this book for lovers of nature, lovers of adventure, and lovers of a gripping tale."
"I like a good disaster story. I have some knowledge of sailboats and boating but no knowledge really of professional fishermen.
I found the Andrea Gail part of the story fascinating. What it might be like in those last moments when a boat is being hit with either a rogue wave or the sisters.
But the people who were on the water, like those two girls, who had no idea of what they were doing, had no business being there. They lied about their experience to get a trip to Bermuda not knowing that their lies could put them in extreme danger. I am still angry about this - many years after having read the book. And, of course, I have seen the movie. But now I always turn it off when it gets to the part about these two stupid girls. In their panic, they almost cost the boat owner, who knew what he was doing (although I suppose this is debatable), his life."
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