The Perfect Storm
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Foreword Georges Bank, 1896 Gloucester, Mass., 1991 God’s Country The Flemish Cap The Barrel of the Gun Graveyard of the Atlantic The Zero-Moment Point The World of the Living Into the Abyss The Dreams of the Dead
Themes
All Themes Money and the Fishing Industry Danger, Human Frailty, and Death Family and Domestic Strife Science and Technology
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Characters
All Characters Bob Brown Billy Tyne Bobby Shatford Christina (Chris) Cotter Dale Murphy (Murph) Alfred Pierre Linda Greenlaw Albert Johnston Karen Stimpson Sue Bylander Dave Ruvola John Spillane Rick Smith
Terms
All Terms EPIRB Longliner Andrea Gail Georges Bank Grand Banks Hannah Boden
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All Symbols Storms
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The Perfect Storm

by Sebastian Junger

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Storms

In the book, storms—and particularly the titular “perfect storm” of October 1991, in which the crew of the Andrea Gail and several others were lost at sea—symbolize the extreme danger and unpredictability of deep-sea fishing…

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