![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The men were raised with the expectation that they would become fishermen. Among the men boarding the Andrea Gail were Billy Tyne, Alfred Pierre, David “Sully” Sullivan, Michael “Bugsy” Moran, Dale “Murph” Murphy, and Bobby Shatford, each bringing their own intelligence, physical strength, and hope on board with them. The book follows the lives of the swordfishing crew of the Andrea Gail and their family members before and during the 1991 Perfect Storm. The Satori is renamed Mistral in the movie, and the since-retired USCGC Tamaroa is portrayed by a newer, 210-foot medium-endurance cutter. The book was adapted for the film of the same title, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and released in 2000. Also in the book is the story about the rescue of the three-person crew of the sailboat Satori in the Atlantic Ocean during the storm by the U.S. The book is about the 1991 Perfect Storm that hit North America between October 28 and November 4, 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, from Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost at sea during severe conditions while longline fishing for swordfish 575 miles (925 km) out. The paperback edition (ISBN 0-06-097747-7) followed in 1999 from HarperCollins’ Perennial imprint. The Perfect Storm is a creative nonfiction book written by Sebastian Junger and published by W. ![]()
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