The Perfect Storm

by

Sebastian Junger

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Longliner Term Analysis

Longliner is another term for a sword boat or other fishing boat that sets out long lines of bait that are hauled back daily.
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Longliner Term Timeline in The Perfect Storm

The timeline below shows where the term Longliner 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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Sword boats, also called longliners, are baited at intervals and then hauled back daily for 10 or 20 days. Sword... (full context)
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...homes, because fishermen often don’t have real ones—especially the younger ones who tend to crew longline boats. Ethel Shatford takes on a motherly role toward such men. She’s never lived more... (full context)
The Flemish Cap
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...in the early 1800s, when fishermen harpooned the fish from small sailboats. In the 1960s, longline boats began to have success, though through most of the 1970s, the U.S. Food and... (full context)
Graveyard of the Atlantic
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...what was happening aboard the Andrea Gail at this time, the Eishin Maru, a Japanese longliner, was likely facing similar conditions. About 200 miles southwest, the Eishin Maru was struck by... (full context)
The Dreams of the Dead
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The following spring, Adam Randall takes a job on a tuna longliner called the Terri Lei. One morning east of Charleston, South Carolina, the Terri Lei is... (full context)