The Perfect Storm

by

Sebastian Junger

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Hannah Boden Term Analysis

The Hannah Boden is the Andrea Gail’s sister ship, which is also owned by Bob Brown. It’s captained by Linda Greenlaw.
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Hannah Boden Term Timeline in The Perfect Storm

The timeline below shows where the term Hannah Boden appears in The Perfect Storm. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Gloucester, Mass., 1991
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...Gail is a good boat. The only comparable sword boat in Gloucester’s harbor is the Hannah Boden , which is captained by a woman named Linda Greenlaw. Linda’s one of the only... (full context)
God’s Country
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...might haul up 10 or 20 swordfish—that’s one ton of meat. Bob Brown remembers one Hannah Boden trip in the mid-80s which yielded five tons a day for an entire week—a payoff... (full context)
The Flemish Cap
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...has a reputation for testing limits this way; Linda has bailed him out before. The Hannah Boden and Andrea Gail rendezvous south of the Flemish Cap—a dangerous maneuver—and Linda pumps fuel into... (full context)
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...in a lifeboat. Another crewman drifted away to his death. On another occasion on the Hannah Boden , Brown lost another man. Bob began to get a reputation as “Suicide” Brown. (full context)
Into the Abyss
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...tries to reach his boats all day. That night, he finally gets through to the Hannah Boden ; Linda Greenlaw hasn’t heard from Billy in a couple of days and is worried.... (full context)