Sebastian Junger



Sebastian Junger

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born January 17, 1962
gender male
place of birth Boston, Massachusetts, United States
genre Nonfiction

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Sebastian Junger is an American author and journalist. He graduated from Concord Academy in 1980 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in cultural anthropology in 1984. He received a National Magazine Award in 2000 for "The Forensics of War," published in Vanity Fair in 1999. In 1997, with the publication of his work, The Perfect Storm, he was touted as the new Hemingway, and helped usher a renewed interest in adventure non-fiction.
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books by Sebastian Junger

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avg rating: 3.64 | 1976 ratings | 6 distinct works
A Death in Belmont A Death in Belmont (Hardcover)
by Sebastian Junger
avg rating 3.35 — 342 ratings — published 2006
12 editions
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Fire Fire (Paperback)
by Sebastian Junger
avg rating 3.49 — 93 ratings — published 2002
11 editions
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The Perfect Storm The Perfect Storm (Audio CD)
by Sebastian Junger
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1998
28 editions
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Rough Water: Stories of Surviv... Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea (The Adrenaline Series)
by Sebastian Junger, Herman Wouk
avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 1999
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The Perfect Storm : A True Sto... The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea (Cassette/Abridged)
by Sebastian Junger
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1997
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Überleben auf dem Wasser. Überleben auf dem Wasser. (Paperback)
by F. A. Worsley, Herman Wouk, Sebastian Junger
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2000
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quotes by Sebastian Junger

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"The story about Bessie Goldberg that I heard from my parents was that a nice old lady had been killed down the street and an innocent black man went to prison for the crime. Meanwhile--unknown to anyone--a violent psychopath named Al was working alone at our house all day and probably committed the murder. In our family this story eventually acquired the tidy symbolism of a folk tale. Roy Smith was a stand-in for everything that was decent but utterly defenseless. Albert DeSalvo, of course, was a stand-in for pure random evil."
Sebastian Junger (A Death in Belmont)
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"The state's case against Smith, however, did claim to speak to his actual guilt or innocence, and it has to be considered carefully. The reason this is important has nothing to do with Roy Smith or Bessie Goldberg or even Al DeSalvo; they're all dead. In some ways there is nothing less relevant than an old murder case. The reason it is important is this: Here is a group of people who have gathered to judge--and possibly execute--a fellow citizen. It's the highest calling there is, the very thing that separates us from social anarchy, and it has to be done well. A trial, however, is just a microcosm of the entire political system. When a democratic government decides to raise taxes or wage war or write child safety laws, it is essentially saying to an enormous jury, "This is our theory of how the world works, and this is our proposal for dealing with it. If our theory makes sense to you, vote for us in the next election. If it doesn't, throw us out." The ability of citizens to scrutinize the theories insisted on by their government is their only protection against abuse of power and, ultimately, against tyranny. If ordinary citizens can't coolly and rationally evaluate a prosecutor's summation in a criminal trial, they won't have a chance at calling to task a deceitful government. And all governments are deceitful--they're deceitful because it's easier than being honest. Most of the time, it's no more sinister than that."
Sebastian Junger (A Death in Belmont)
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