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Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do

Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do - Paperback

by Michael Tougias
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael TougiasPublish date:2006-05-30Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's PressISBN-13:9780312334369ISBN-10:312334362UPC:9780312334369Book Category:Transportation, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ships & Shipbuilding, Disasters & Disaster Relief, United StatesBook Topic:History, State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCRSKJK5N9

In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost its radar, depth finder, and engine power in horrendous seas. Pilot boat Captain Frank Quirk was monitoring the Coast Guard's efforts by radio, and when he heard that the patrol boat was in jeopardy, he decided to act. Gathering his crew of four, he readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard.

Using dozens of interview and audiotapes that recorded every word exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard, Tougias has written a devastating, true account of bravery and death at sea, in Ten Hours Until Dawn.
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martin's PressISBN-13:9780312334369ISBN-10:312334362UPC:9780312334369Book Category:Transportation, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Ships & Shipbuilding, Disasters & Disaster Relief, United StatesBook Topic:History, State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCRSKJK5N9
Michael J. Tougias is a New York Times bestselling author and co-author of thirty books for adults and eight books for middle readers. His books include Fatal Forecast, Extreme Survival, The Finest Hours, Overboard!, A Storm Too Soon, So Close to Home, The Waters Between Us, and The Power of Positive Fishing. He offers slide presentations and an inspiration program titled Survival Lessons: Decision Making Under Pressure. Visit www.michaeltougias.com
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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