Description: Trade paperback copy of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue. Acceptable copy. Large creases on the cover. ISBN: 9781501106835 Blurb: In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril, setting the stage for one of the most heroic rescue stories ever lived. In the early hours of February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Built with "dirty steel," and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic's mercy. The Finest Hours is the gripping, true story of the valiant attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves of two ships. This spellbinding tale is overflowing with breathtaking scenes: boats capsize, bows and sterns crash into one another, and men hurl themselves into the raging sea in their terrifying battle for survival. Not all of the eighty-four men caught at sea in the midst of that brutal storm survived, but considering the odds, it's a miracle--and a testament to their bravery--that any came home to tell their tales at all.
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Brand: Unbranded
Type: Novel
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
MPN: Does not apply
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Finest Hours : the True Story of the U. S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Weather, Natural Disasters, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 7.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.4 in
Author: Casey Sherman, Michael J. Tougias
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
