NEW-The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue

by Michael J. Tougias

208 pages, Paperback

About the author

True Survival, rescue and history is the topic of most of my books. that runs through most of my books. My latest book is with St. Martins Press and is titled In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival and Courage. Other nonfiction sea survival and rescue books include Overboard! A Storm Too Soon, Rescue of the Bounty, Fatal Forecast and Ten Hours Until Dawn.
Disney made a major motion picture of my book The Finest Hours: The Trues Story of the Coast Guard's Greatest Rescue (Disney kept the same title). The movie stars Chris Pine an Casey Affleck and is a fantastic film.
My co-written history books include So Clost To Home (about surviving a Uboat attack in the Gulf of Mexico), Above & Beyond (the untold story of the Cuban Missile Crisis) King Philip's War (Native Americans vs Colonists) Abandon Ship (wwii) and several more
Another adventure for me is publishing a funny family memoir with my daughter, called The Cringe Chronicles (Mortifying Misadventures with my Dad).
My friends were been asking if I'll write a sequel to There's a Porcupine in my Outhouse (2003 Outdoor Book of the Year) and I suprised them with another book of misadventures titled The Power of Positive Fishing: A Story of Friendship and the Quest for Happiness. Also in the same category is The Waters Between Us: A Boy, A Father and Outdoor Misadventures.

Reviews

[Jacob Stanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this not realizing it was kid’s edition. Glad it was as I can’t imagine what more could have gone into the story without getting overly technical. As someone with no boating background the lack of technicality worked in its favor.

[Chris Seals · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up, not realizing it was the kids version. It was great, want to read the original.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t realize this was a “young readers” version. I enjoyed the story, pictures and the helpful map.