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Based on real events, *The Finest Hours* chronicles the harrowing day when two oil tankers overturned off the coast of Cape Cod amid a brutal hurricane. The book follows the coast guard’s relentless effort to evacuate and save nearly one hundred crew members from a capsized vessel, detailing the high-risk lifeboat operations that made this one of the greatest sea rescues in history.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Michael J. Tougias
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