The finest hours : the true story of a heroic sea rescue

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  • Auteur: Sherman, Casey , Tougias, Michael J.
    Contributor:

    Boyles, Alex

    Résumé:

    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. This middle-grade adaptation tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than thirty stranded sailors.

    Genre: History, Juvenile nonfiction, True adventure stories
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] , Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9798212023023

    ,

    9798212023030

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Boyles, Alex

Abstract

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. This middle-grade adaptation tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than thirty stranded sailors.

Genre
History
Juvenile nonfiction
True adventure stories
Publisher (Source)

[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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