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May 1, 1997 · Sebastian Junger's superlative telling of the real-life event, which resulted in this 1997 book and the 2000 movie starring George Clooney, reveals the storm in its horrific destruction -- also the mixed results of rescue efforts that come when governmental resources are stretched a little too far.
The book is about the 1991 Perfect Storm that hit North America between October 28 and November 4, 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, from Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost at sea during severe conditions while longline fishing for swordfish 575 miles (925 km) out.
Jun 29, 2009 · In October 1991, a freak convergence of weather—a storm from the west, a cold front from the north, and a hurricane from the south—resulted in the Halloween Storm, a once-in-a-century gale that wreaked havoc on the North Atlantic.
- Sebastian Junger
The ‘perfect storm’ is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds over an Atlantic island – Sable Island – and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean: Hurricane Grace.
May 17, 1997 · In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high. Among its victims was the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based swordfishing boat the Andrea Gail, which vanished with all six crew members aboard.
Jun 1, 2000 · It is a fascinating and extremely well-written and researched account of the 1991 collision of Hurricane Grace with a nor'easter, creating a massive "perfect storm" off the coast of the north east United States during the height of fishing season.
- Sebastian Junger
Jun 29, 2009 · The Perfect Storm is a real-life thriller that makes us feel like we've been caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control. Winner of the American Library Association's 1998 Alex Award.
'There is nothing imaginary about Junger's book; it is all terrifyingly, awesomely real.' — Los Angeles Times , The Perfect Storm, A True Story of Men Against the Sea, Sebastian Junger, 9780393337013
In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high.
The Perfect Storm Summary. In the winter of 1896, a fishing crew discovered a message in a bottle. The enclosed message was written by the crew of a Gloucester, Massachusetts, fishing boat, the Falcon, just before it sank in a storm. The writer had probably assumed it would never be found.
