Mike Tougias
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xiii, 222 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A true story of catastrophe and survival at sea, Fatal Forecast is a spellbinding moment-by-moment account of seventy-two hours in the lives of eight young fishermen, some of whom would never set foot on dry land again. On the morning of November 21, 1980, two small Massachusetts lobster boats set out for Georges Bank, a bountiful but perilous fishing ground 130 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. The National Weather Service had forecast typical fall...