The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue - Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman • BookLikes (ISBN:B0028S3WIY)

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

by: Casey Sherman (author) Michael J. Tougias (author)

Format: kindle

ASIN: B0028S3WIY

Pages no: 224

Edition language: English

Category:

Adventure, Non Fiction, History

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TeaStitchRead rated it

7 years ago

http://melissasteinman7.booklikes.com TeaStitchRead 2.5 The Finest Hours (YA adaption) by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman

text The Finest Hours (YA adaption) by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman

I watched the Disney movie based on the adult book back in January 2017. It was great (read: Chris Pine and Eric Bana provided eye-candy) and one of the special features of the DVD was the screenwriters interviewing survivors/witnesses and showing stuff from the museum. I had made a point of wanting...

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

8 years ago

http://ethiercn.booklikes.com Chris' Fish Place 3.5 Dark and Stormy Night

text Dark and Stormy Night

I like shipwreck stories. I don't know why. I just do. It's evil of me I know. This is actually a pretty good history of a famous Coast Guard rescue after World War II. In fact, several of the seamen had fought in the War and compared the War to the explosions that they heard while on the ships...

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Spooky's House Of Books rated it

9 years ago

http://labyrinthofstories.booklikes.com Spooky's House Of Books 5.0 must read , made me cry

text must read , made me cry

It’s the winter of 1952 and a ferocious Nor’easter is pounding New England with howling winds and seventy-foot seas. Two oil tankers get caught in the violent storm off Cape Cod, its fury splitting the massive ships in two. Back on shore, four young Coast Guardsmen are issued a suicide mission: save...

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