Shipwreck and Social Turmoil in New York's Remote Fishing Village of Montauk

This salty sea story tells the tale of a shipwreck and the lives of the fisherman who are lost at sea. Through the backstory told by the crew’s surviving family and friends we learn so much about deep-sea fishing, storms, fishing boat architecture, shipwrecks and the lives of those who live in the Hamptons and Montauk on the eastern tip of New York’s Long Island. Amanda Fairbanks is a highly skilled journalist who does a massive amount of meticulous research, and she gets inside the intimate details of the lives of the lost fisherman and their extended families.

The Hamptons and Montauk are two communities on the eastern tip of New York's Long Island. The Hamptons is famous for mansions and country clubs, and Montauk has for many years been a fishing village. Wealthy people from New York City have overrun The Hamptons, causing the cost of living in Montauk to skyrocket which has made it difficult for Montauk locals and fishermen to survive in the area.

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"The four men who died on the fishing boat the Wind Blown—Mike Stedman, Dave Connick, Michael Vigilant, and Scott Clarke—hailed from different worlds, but all wound up losing their lives on the same boat. In her book Fairbanks traces a wide range of stories that connect back to the men, from the history of Montauk to the men’s relationships with their fathers to how tilefish became such a prized catch for fishermen in the ’80s. The result is a sweeping, and often devastating, portrait of a community on the brink of transformation, and of how grief can ricochet across generations." Katey Rich in Vanity Fair May 24, 2021

The lighthouse at Montauk Point on the eastern tip of New York's Long Island

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