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The Finest Hours - The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue (Paperback, Media Tie-In)
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The Finest Hours - The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue (Paperback, Media Tie-In)
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Discovery Miles 1 960
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The story behind the major motion picture from Disney-starring
Chris Pine, Eric Bana, and Casey Affleck-written by a recognized
master of the genre-"a blockbuster account of tragedy at sea". 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 are four young Coast
Guardsmen who are given a suicide mission. They must save the lives
of the seamen left stranded in the killer storm, and they have to
do it in a tiny lifeboat. The crew is led by Bernie Webber, who has
to rely on prayer and the courage of his three crewmembers to pull
off the impossible. As Webber and his crew sail into the teeth of
the storm, each man comes to the realization that he may not come
back alive. They've lost all navigation and have no idea where the
stranded seaman are, and have no idea how to get back home. Whether
by sheer luck or divine intervention, the crew stumbles upon the
wounded ship in the darkness. More than thirty men appear at the
railings of the SS Pendleton, all hoping to be saved. Once again,
Webber and his crew face a daunting challenge. How can they rescue
all these men with their tiny lifeboat? Dripping with suspense and
high-stakes human drama, The Finest Hours has incredible and
astonishing true-to-life heroism and action-packed rescue scenes.
This "marvelous and terrifying yarn" (Los Angeles Times) "deserves
a place as a classic of survival at sea".
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