I have watched this movie many times over the years, and enjoy it very much. I was not aware that it was an actual book, which is strange since I like Sebastian Junger's work very much. This book is well researched. It is nothing so fantastical and dramatized as the movie. It provided a lot of information on the storm itself, a combination of forces that created a particularly violent storm that hit the Eastern coast in October of 1991. This book tells the story of the Andrea Gail , a swordfish boat, and her crew. I cannot imagine being out on the open sea in a little boat in the middle of a storm like that. I think that people do not understand the life of fishermen and the hazards they face, especially if you do not grow up or live in a commercial fishing communities. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the movie.