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In his number one bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as “one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a thirty-day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East Coast, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they seem to have been ripped from the pages of Moby Dick. The excitement starts immediately, even before Greenlaw and her five-man crew leave the dock—and doesn't stop until the last page. While under way, she must contend with savage weather, equipment failure, too few fish, and too many sharks—not to mention the routinely backbreaking work of operating a fishing boat in a state of mind-numbing exhaustion after working ten 21-hour days in a row. With a true fisherman's gift for spinning a yarn and a voice that's wry, honest, and all her own, Greenlaw brings readers right on deck with her and her crew, re-creating the experience of going for the big haul against awesome odds. At once a thrilling page-turner and a passionate ode to a fascinating way of life, The Hungry Ocean will captivate lovers of the sea, adventure, and literature alike.
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The Hungry Ocean, Linda Greenlaw
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- Reliure
- (souple),
- État du livre
- Bon
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- Titre
- The Hungry Ocean
- Sous-titre
- A Swordboat Captain's Journey
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Linda Greenlaw
- Éditeur
- Hyperion
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 0786885416
- ISBN13
- 9780786885411
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- La nature, Aventure, Journalisme littéraire, Navires, Mers et océans, Whaling
- Première publication
- 1999
- Titre original
- The Hungry Ocean
- Évaluation
- 3,95 sur 5
- Description
- In his number one bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as “one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a thirty-day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East Coast, complete with danger, humor, and characters so colorful they seem to have been ripped from the pages of Moby Dick. The excitement starts immediately, even before Greenlaw and her five-man crew leave the dock—and doesn't stop until the last page. While under way, she must contend with savage weather, equipment failure, too few fish, and too many sharks—not to mention the routinely backbreaking work of operating a fishing boat in a state of mind-numbing exhaustion after working ten 21-hour days in a row. With a true fisherman's gift for spinning a yarn and a voice that's wry, honest, and all her own, Greenlaw brings readers right on deck with her and her crew, re-creating the experience of going for the big haul against awesome odds. At once a thrilling page-turner and a passionate ode to a fascinating way of life, The Hungry Ocean will captivate lovers of the sea, adventure, and literature alike.