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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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Feb 2, 2021 · 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. Every New England sailor and fisherman knows what a nor-easter is—a fearsome winter storm that rakes the coast and roils the sea.
How does the story told in The Finest Hours fit into this centuries-old, on-going narrative of Cape Cod and its inhabitants?
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On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst nor'easters that New England had ever seen, two oil tankers off the coast of Cape Cod were literally torn in half. With the storm in full force and waves up to 70 feet high, four coast guardsmen headed out to sea in a tiny lifeboat to come to the rescue.
Check more about The Finest Hours Summary. In the gripping narrative of "The Finest Hours" by Michael J. Tougias, readers are plunged into the heart of a daring historical rescue at sea—the harrowing story of the 1952 U.S. Coast Guard operation to save the crews of two oil tankers that were catastrophically split in half during a brutal nor ...
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Dec 29, 2015 · 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”...
