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The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman details the perilous maritime disasters and the heroic rescue operations undertaken by the U.S. Coast Guard. The book chronicles the tankers' structural weaknesses that caused them to break apart in the raging seas.
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Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman. On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm.
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Dripping with suspense and high-stakes human drama, The Finest Hours has incredible and astonishing true-to-life heroism and action-packed rescue scenes.
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- April 13, 2010
Apr 13, 2010 · Dripping with suspense and high-stakes human drama, The Finest Hours has incredible and astonishing true-to-life heroism and action-packed rescue scenes. This “marvelous and terrifying yarn” (Los Angeles Times) “deserves a place as a classic of survival at sea” (The Boston Globe). Read more.
Feb 2, 2021 · The 1952 rescue of over twenty stranded seamen on a halved oil tanker ranks as one of the Coast Guard’s’ “finest hours.” The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. Henry Holt, 2014, 153 pages plus appendix. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12. Recommended for: ages 12-up.
May 7, 2009 · The story behind the major motion picture from Disney—starring Chris Pine, Eric Bana, and Casey Affleck—written by a recognized master of the genre—“a blockbuster account of tragedy at sea” (The Providence Journal).
Dripping with suspense and high-stakes human drama, The Finest Hours has incredible and astonishing true-to-life heroism and action-packed rescue scenes.
