Describes the harrowing 1998 rescue of five fishermen who were forced to abandon their vessel in the Gulf of Alaska during a hurricane-force Arctic storm and who were saved from seemingly insurmountable hazards by helicopter teams from the Sitka Coast Guard station. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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“Grade ‘A’. A spectacular maritime page-turner ... one perfect storm of a book.” (Entertainment Weekly)
“A gripping account [that] reads like a novel.” (USA Today)
“THE PERFECT STORM transferred to Alaska, but with a much more heroic conclusion.” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
“Blockbuster.” (New York Magazine)
“[A] gripping sea rescue tale.” (Anchorage Daily News)
“A powerful story reported and told with extraordinary skill....will keep you turning the pages at a furious rate.” (Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel)
“The stuff of legends....A tale of genuine heroism...that you won’t easily put down.” (Decatur Daily)
“Exhilarating ... Immediate and terrifying ... edge-of-the-seat [reading].” (Kirkus Reviews (Starred))
“Nail-biting ... [gives] readers a sense of why the fishermen were willing to risk so much for .... so little.” (Publishers Weekly)
“This riveting book has it all ... suspenseful ... dramatic .... and touchingly human and humorous. (James Bradley, author of FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and FLYBOYS)
Todd Lewan joined the Associated Press as a correspondent in 1988. In 1996 he became an editor on AP's international desk, and later a national features writer. In 1998 he received several feature-writing prizes for this story.
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