num_pages: 240
description: 'The Perfect Storm' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination - a high pressure system from the Great Lakes running into storm winds over an Atlantic island and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean. Its name is Hurricane Grace. This is the story of that storm.
language: English
title: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
titlecomplete: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (P.S.)
characters: Bobby Shatford, Capt. Billy Tyne, Dale Murphy
genres: Historical, Biography, Adventure, Nature, Science, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Survival, Travel, History
ratings_count: 112737
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: ALA Alex Award
publisher: Harper Perennial