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The finest hours : the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue

text The finest hours : the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue

Tougias, Mike

Summary
In the winter of 1932, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years, wreaking havoc on land and creating a wind-whipped peril of the freezing Atlantic. In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil ta... Read more
Contents
Prologue -- Tanker sections and their rescue boats -- Part one -- Chatham Lifeboat Station -- The Pendleton -- The Fort Mercer -- "It can't be true" -- "You got to take the 36500 out" -- Blowout at Chatham Bar -- Chatham mobilizes -- "He came to t... Read more
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Description
xiii, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Scribner 2009
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 910 TOU in Adult Non-fiction Available

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