{"product_id":"9780071374552","title":"The Ship and the Storm: Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Utterly compulsive and unputdownable--the most exciting, authentic, and humanly moving of all the recent Storm books. Brilliantly paced and perfectly balanced. . . . Carrier is a marvelously trustworthy narrator. . . . A terrific book.\"--Jonathan Raban, author of \u003ci\u003ePassage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBad Land: An American Romance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A wonderful story. An extremely well-written account of the events as I knew them. I commend Jim Carrier for a magnificent job.\"--Jerry D. Jarrell, Director, National Hurricane Center\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn October 1998, the majestic schooner \u003ci\u003eFantome\u003c\/i\u003e came face-to-face with one of the most savage storms in Atlantic history. The last days of the \u003ci\u003eFantome\u003c\/i\u003e are reconstructed in vivid and heartbreaking detail through Jim Carrier's extensive research and hundreds of personal interviews. What emerges is a story of courage, hubris, the agony of command, the weight of lives versus wealth, and the advances of science versus the terrible power and unpredictability of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078792757488,"sku":"9780071374552","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780071374552_p0.jpg?v=1763635482","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780071374552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}