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''The Perfect Storm'' is a book (ISBN 039304016X) written by Sebastian Junger and published by Little, Brown And Company in 1997. The paperback edition (ISBN 0060977477) followed in 1999 from HarperCollins ' Perennial imprint. It is about the 1991 Halloween Nor’easter that hit North America in October 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat '' Andrea Gail '', based out of Gloucester , Massachusetts , who were lost 575 miles (925 km) at sea during the severe conditions.

A film adaptation of the book, also titled '' The Perfect Storm '', was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and released in 2000.