The finest hours (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue
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Tougias, Mike, 1955-
Contributors
Sherman, Casey, 1969-
Colorado State Library Book Club Project
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Colorado State Library Resources - STAFF RETRIEVAL
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Subjects

LC Subjects
CG36500 (Lifeboat)
Pendleton (Tanker)
Shipwrecks -- Massachusetts -- Chatham -- History.
OCLC Fast Subjects
CG36500 (Lifeboat)
History.
Massachusetts -- Chatham.
Pendleton (Tanker)
Shipwrecks.

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Local Library Checkout Only
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8 books in one bag illustrations, maps ; 22 cm AUDIOBOOK, LARGE PRINT AVAILABLE FROM COLORADO TALKING BOOK LIBRARY
Language
English

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BOOKS LOANED TO LIBRARIES FOR BOOK CLUB USE ONLY! Sponsored by the Colorado State Library Book Club Project.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202).
Description
In the winter of 1952, 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 tankers, the Fort Mercer and the Pendleton, broke in two. The Coast Guard raced its cutters to the Fort Mercer to rescue the men huddled in the halves, and when the Pendleton proved to be in danger of capsizing, sent out into the storm two 36-foot wooden lifeboats, each manned by four crewmen, in what every crewman realized could be a suicide mission in the enormous seventy-foot seas.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tougias, M., & Sherman, C. (2010). The finest hours (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue (First Scribner trade paperback edition.). Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tougias, Mike, 1955- and Casey Sherman. 2010. The Finest Hours (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue. Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tougias, Mike, 1955- and Casey Sherman. The Finest Hours (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue Scribner, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tougias, Mike, and Casey Sherman. The Finest Hours (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue First Scribner trade paperback edition., Scribner, 2010.

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