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Hampton Sides compared 'The Gales of November' to this book in his blurb, describing it as one of the great shipwreck narratives. Sebastian Junger is noted as having been on the podcast previously.

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Steve mentions Sebastian's huge international bestseller about a commercial sword fishing boat that never returned, which was later made into a film with George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.

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Mark Kurlansky mentions this book came out at the same time as his Cod book, and describes doing a TV show with Sebastian Junger in Rhode Island. He contrasts his experience getting onto commercial fishing boats with Junger's difficulties.