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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
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Readers
3/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Amanda M. Fairbanks
Publisher:
Gallery Books
Date:
May 25, 2021
The true story of four men who vanished at sea.
What The Reviewers Say
The author’s focus rests—as the subtitle promises—as much (or more) on the living as the dead, and on the days and weeks and years that both preceded and followed the loss of the Wind Blown off eastern Long Island in a March 1984 nor’easter.
Fairbanks has dug into this tragic episode, reconstructing these lives that ended unexpectedly soon, interviewing relatives, friends, and other fishermen. She also relates her own life journey from Manhattan to the Hamptons, then California, and back again to Long Island..
A deeply reported and moving account of how a tragedy has affected a Long Island fishing community.
A memorable lost-at-sea narrative focusing on a Montauk-based commercial fishing boat.
