It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high—a tempest created by so rare a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm." In a book that has become a classic, Sebastian Junger explores the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and the candid accounts of the people whose lives the storm touched. 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.
- ISBN10 0393337014
- ISBN13 9780393337013
- Publish Date 26 June 2009 (first published 24 April 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback (Deckle Edge)
- Pages 248
- Language English