{"product_id":"the-hungry-ocean-a-swordboat-captains-journey-9780786885411","title":"The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey","description":"The term fisherwoman does not exactly roll trippingly off the tongue, and Linda Greenlaw, the world's only female swordfish boat captain, isn't flattered when people insist on calling her one. \"I am a woman. I am a fisherman. . . I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl. If anything else, I am a thirty-seven-year-old tomboy. It's a word I have never outgrown.\" Greenlaw also happens to be one of the most successful fishermen in the Grand Banks commercial fleet, though until the publication of Sebastian Junger's \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, \"nobody cared.\" Greenlaw's boat, the \u003ci\u003eHannah Boden\u003c\/i\u003e, was the sister ship to the doomed \u003ci\u003eAndrea Gail\u003c\/i\u003e, which disappeared in the mother of all storms in 1991 and became the focus of Junger's book.\u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, Greenlaw's account of a monthlong swordfishing trip over 1,000 nautical miles out to sea, tells the story of what happens when things go right -- proving, in the process, that every successful voyage is a study in narrowly averted disaster. There is the weather, the constant danger of mechanical failure, the perils of controlling five sleep-, women-, and booze-deprived young fishermen in close quarters, not to mention the threat of a bad fishing run: \"If we don't catch fish, we don't get paid, period. In short, there is no labor union.\" Greenlaw's straightforward, uncluttered prose underscores the qualities that make her a good captain, regardless of gender: fairness, physical and mental endurance, obsessive attention to detail. But, ultimately, Greenlaw proves that the love of fishing -- in all of its grueling, isolating, suspenseful glory -- is a matter of the heart and blood, not the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I knew that the ocean had stories to tell me, all I needed to do was listen.\" -- Svenja Soldovieri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Greenlaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786885411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e41138 \/ Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2000 pg. 1449\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/02\/2000 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLinda Greenlaw has been a deep-sea fisherman for 18 years, becoming the first and only female swordfish captain in the Grand Banks Fleet. This career earned her a prominent role in Sebastian Junger's runaway bestseller, The Perfect Storm and a protrayal in the subsequent film. She was raised in Maine and graduated from Colby College. Greenlaw now lives on Isle au Haut, Maine, where she captains a lobster boat.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Linda Greenlaw \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792947232925,"sku":"9780786885411","price":40.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7f6652c9-0022-4398-938e-8a22df000a42.jpg?v=1774985325","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-hungry-ocean-a-swordboat-captains-journey-9780786885411","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}