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<b> The true story of an incredible disaster and heroic rescue at sea told by two masterful storytellers </b> <p> <p> In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril. <p> <p> In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the <i>Pendleton</i> and the <i>Fort Mercer</i>, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Buil
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- Author
- Tougias, Michael J., Sherman, Casey
- Publisher
- New York: Scribner
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781416567301
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Fiction, Weather
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (1,974 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The finest hours : the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue (2010)
- The Finest Hours. The True Story of the Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue (2013)
- The Finest Hours (YA Adaptation) (1970)
- The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series) (2015)
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