| Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do Library Edition Contributor(s): Tougias, Michael J. (Author), Barrett, Joe (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786171278 ISBN-13: 9780786171279 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $81.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 974.450 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.7" W x 6.08" (0.71 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the height of the blizzard of 1978, a tanker foundered on the shoals off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat that was soon in trouble, too. A pilot-boat captain, Frank Quirk, heard of the Coast Guard's plight on his radio. He gathered his crew of four, readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard soon to be known as the Storm of the Century. Encountering one of the most monstrous seas ever recorded, Quirk struggled through the night to keep his boat from sinking, maintaining contact through his hand-held battery-powered radio. The Can Do stayed afloat past three a.m. Then there was silence. Through dozens of interviews as well as recordings of the radio communications exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard--actual recordings included here in this audiobook--Michael J. Tougias provides us a devastating, true account of bravery and death at sea. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tougias, Michael J.: - Michael J. Tougias is the author and coauthor of twenty-three books, including Rescue of the Bounty, A Storm too Soon, Fatal Forecast, and Ten Hours Until Dawn. Tougias has written for the New York Times and several other prestigious magazines and newspapers. He is a sought-after lecturer who gives more than seventy presentations each year. He lives in Massachusetts. Barrett, Joe: -Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials. |