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Informationen zum Autor New York Times Bestselling author Michael Tougias has earned critical acclaim and literary awards and legions of fans for his bestselling non-fiction narratives. He has written or co-written eight books for children, young adults, and middle readers, as well as 30 books for adults. Many of his stories honor real-life, everyday people who rise to face life-threatening situations, make heroic choices, and survive against the odds. He frequently speaks at schools, libraries and to groups of all sizes.His 'True Rescue Series' for children and middle readers include A Storm Too Soon, The Finest Hours, Into the Blizzard, Attacked At Sea, Rescue Bounty, and Abandon Ship! He has also written a fiction book for middle readers titled Claws, which is an environmental adventure story set in Maine.The author maintains a Facebook page 'Author Michael J. Tougias' and a website at www.michaeltougias.com Klappentext In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost its radar, depth finder, and engine power in horrendous seas. Pilot boat Captain Frank Quirk was monitoring the Coast Guard's efforts by radio, and when he heard that the patrol boat was in jeopardy, he decided to act. Gathering his crew of four, he readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard. Using dozens of interview and audiotapes that recorded every word exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard, Tougias has written a devastating, true account of bravery and death at sea, in Ten Hours Until Dawn .
