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The lost boys of Montauk : the true story of the Wind Blown, four men who vanished at sea, and the survivors they left behind / Amanda M. Fairbanks.
"In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestseller (and Academy-Award nominated film) The Perfect Storm, and with a nod to Steven Gaines' dishy tell-all, Philistines at the Hedgerow, a riveting account of a fishing boat and its four young crewman lost at sea in 1984 off the coast of Montauk in eastern Long Island -- a "fishing town with a drinking problem," as the locals have it -- and the stunning repercussions of that loss for the families and friends of the four missing men and, indeed, the entire storied summer community of the Hamptons"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781982103231
- ISBN: 198210323X
- ISBN: 9781982103248
- ISBN: 1982103248
- Physical Description: xiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Maps on lining papers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-309). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Before. The last voyage ; The boat ; The backstory -- Dave Connick. The summer people ; Choate ; Mahoneyville ; Catherine ; Alice ; Cathy -- Mike Stedman. The Stedmans ; Up-island ; Fathers and sons ; Susie -- Montauk the end. The fisherman's special ; Selling a dream ; Golden tilefish -- Michael Vigilant. The dock rats ; The Vigilants ; Kim -- After. At sea ; On land ; The memorial ; Lost at sea ; Shipwreck hunters ; The survivors ; Donna ; Secrets and lies ; Pete ; Mary ; Chris. |
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| Homer Public Library | 910.9163 FAI (Text) | 000160891 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
The Lost Boys of Montauk : The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
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The Lost Boys of Montauk : The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
Amanda M. Fairbanks is a journalist who has worked in the editorial department of The New York Times , as a reporter for HuffPost , and at The East Hampton Star , where she wrote investigative stories, features, and profiles. Her writing has also appeared in The Boston Globe , Newsweek , The Atlantic , and The San Francisco Chronicle . A graduate of Smith College and a former Teach for America corps member, she has two master's degrees from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and currently lives with her family in Sag Harbor.
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