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

by Michael J. Tougias, T.B.A.
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TeaStitchRead
TeaStitchRead rated it 7 years ago
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...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 8 years ago
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...
 Spooky's House Of Books
Spooky's House Of Books rated it 9 years ago
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...
sheile
sheile rated it 56 years ago
Amazing true story and extra interesting for me because it's local (all happened off Cape Cod).
gryphyn
gryphyn rated it 56 years ago
Amazing true story and extra interesting for me because it's local (all happened off Cape Cod).
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