True Rescue Series
7 books in seriesThe Finest Hours Publisher's summary
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Book 1
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The Finest Hours
- The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue
- By: Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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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, setting the stage for one of the most heroic rescue stories ever lived. On February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, were in the same horrifying predicament. Built with “dirty steel,” and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic’s mercy.
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Two Times Terrific!
- By Carole T. on 01-31-16
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The Finest Hours
- The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 04-03-12
- Language: English
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The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition)
- The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (The True Rescue Series, Book 1)
- By: Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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On the night of February 18, 1952, during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen, two oil tankers just off the shore of Cape Cod were torn in half by the force of the storm. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the shipwreck and a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than thirty stranded sailors.
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The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition)
- The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (The True Rescue Series, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-21-22
- Language: English
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Book 2
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A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition)
- A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80-Foot Seas (The True Rescue Series, Book 2)
- By: Michael J. Tougias
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved this ruthless storm in the hopes of saving them. A spellbinding tale of courage and survival from the author of The Finest Hours.
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Excellent heroic true story, no fluff.
- By Matthew J. Cline on 04-12-23
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A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition)
- A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80-Foot Seas (The True Rescue Series, Book 2)
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 10-11-22
- Language: English
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A Storm Too Soon
- A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue
- By: Michael J. Tougias
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out tosea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, Jean Pierre de Lutz, a dual citizen of America and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboat has filled with water and disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giant waves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with ninebroken ribs, is hypothermic and on the verge of death.
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Great story ruined by a horrible narrator.
- By Zoltan on 01-08-16
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A Storm Too Soon
- A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 01-29-14
- Language: English
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Book 3
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Into the Blizzard
- Heroism at Sea During the Great Blizzard of 1978
- By: Michael J. Tougias
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. When the Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls, they immediately dispatched a patrol rescue boat. But within an hour, the Coast Guard rescue boat was in as much trouble as the tanker - both paralyzed in unrelenting seas. Enter Captain Frank Quirk, who was compelled to act. Gathering his crew of four, Quirk plunged his 49-foot steel boat, the Can Do, into the blizzard.
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Remembering the Blizzard of 78
- By Elizabeth B. on 12-07-22
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Into the Blizzard
- Heroism at Sea During the Great Blizzard of 1978
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-10-19
- Language: English
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Book 4
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Attacked at Sea
- A True World War II Story of a Family’s Fight for Survival (The True Rescue Series, Book 4)
- By: Michael J. Tougias, Alison O’Leary
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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On May 19, 1942, during World War II, a German submarine, a U-boat, in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey 50 miles from New Orleans. The submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia. Most onboard were merchant seamen, but there were also civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina and their two children. Fast asleep in their berths, the Downs family had no idea that two torpedoes were heading their way. When the ship exploded, chaos ensued - and each family member had to find their own path to survival.
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Attacked at Sea
- A True World War II Story of a Family’s Fight for Survival (The True Rescue Series, Book 4)
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-20-21
- Language: English
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Book 5
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In Harm’s Way (Young Reader’s Edition)
- The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Story of Its Survivors
- By: Doug Stanton, Michael J. Tougias
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days and nights. Battered by a savage sea, they struggled to stay alive, fighting off sharks, hypothermia, and hallucinations.
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Survival and Hope
- By Rebecca Hill on 03-20-23
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In Harm’s Way (Young Reader’s Edition)
- The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Story of Its Survivors
- Narrated by: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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