Into the Blizzard
Heroism at Sea During the Great Blizzard of 1978
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
"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 forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, into the blizzard"--Publisher marketing.
Series: Tougias, Michael J., 1955- True rescue (Series)
Contents:
The gathering storm -- The Coast Guard responds -- Frank Quirk and Charlie Bucko -- Danger on the forty-four -- Rogue waves and dead engines -- The rescue of the Chester Poling -- A storm like no other -- Swept over with a crash -- A family's anxious wait -- The sea's first victims -- Time is the enemy -- Heading northeast -- In shoal waters -- Troubles on the Cape George -- Silence -- The anchor -- The breakwater -- Desperation -- The search -- The Global Hope -- Devastation -- The week after -- Wrecked boat, wrecked lives -- Farewell.
Subjects:
Global Hope (Ship) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Can Do (Pilot boat) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Marine accidents -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
Search and rescue operations -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
Blizzards -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile literature.
Tankers -- Accidents -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
Pilot boats -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
Global Hope (Ship) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Can Do (Pilot boat) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Marine accidents -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
Search and rescue operations -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
Blizzards -- Massachusetts -- Juvenile literature.
Tankers -- Accidents -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
Pilot boats -- Massachusetts -- Ann, Cape -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781627792837
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY Disaster Tou | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/25/2024) |
C HISTORY Disaster Tou | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY Disaster Tou | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
"Christy Ottaviano books."
"An adaptation for young readers of ... Ten hours until dawn: the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do."
"An adaptation for young readers of ... Ten hours until dawn: the true story of heroism and tragedy aboard the Can Do."