The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
- ISBN-10
- 150110683X
- ISBN-13
- 9781501106835
- Series
- The Finest Hours
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-12-08
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman
Description
The 1952 Coast Guard mission to save the crews of two oil tankers that were torn in half by the force of one of New England's worst nor'easters.
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- 2015-12-29
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