The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

True Rescue #1

Michael J. Tougias with Casey Sherman

224 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history middle grade informative sad fast-paced

Description

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.In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm rage...

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Moods

adventurous 81%
informative 75%
tense 56%
sad 50%
emotional 31%
challenging 25%
reflective 25%
dark 18%
hopeful 12%
inspiring 6%
mysterious 6%

Pace

medium 37%
fast 37%
slow 25%

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