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The Perfect Storm (book)
The Perfect Storm
is a
creative nonfiction
book written by
Sebastian Junger
and
published
by
W. W. Norton & Company
in 1997. The paperback edition (ISBN 0-06-097747-7) followed in 1999 from
HarperCollins
' Perennial imprint. 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
out. Also in the book is the story about the rescue of the three-person crew of the
sailboat
Satori
in the
Atlantic Ocean
during the storm by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
Tamaroa (WMEC-166)
.
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