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"Survival Lessons" New Book Recent Release
Michael Tougias
Audio book (in CD format) available for
$19.95 & $3.00 postage "Tougias spins a
marvelous and terrifying yarn.... this is a breathtaking book."
-- The Los Angeles Times "Ernie Hazard's
experience, as related by Tougias, deserves a place as a classic
of survival at sea." -- The Boston Globe On a
cold November day, two fishing vessels, the Fair Wind and
the Sea Fever, set out from Cape Cod to catch offshore
lobsters at Georges Bank. Soon after the boats reached the
fishing ground, they were hit with hurricane force winds and
massive, sixty-foot waves that battered the boats for hours. The
captains and crews struggled heroically to keep their vessels
afloat in the unrelenting storm. One monstrous wave of 90 to
100-feet soon capsized the Fair Wind, trapping the crew
inside. Meanwhile, on the Sea Fever, Captain Peter Brown
(whose father owned the Andrea Gail of Perfect Storm
fame) did his best to ride out the storm, but a giant wave blew
out one side of the pilothouse, sending a crew member into the
churning ocean. Most amazing is the
story of Ernie Hazard, who managed to crawl inside a tiny
inflatable life raft--only to be repeatedly thrown into the
ocean--as he fought to endure over fifty hours adrift in the
storm tossed seas. By turns tragic, thrilling and inspiring,
Ernie’s story deserves a place among the greatest survival tales
ever told.
Michael Tougias
Blackstone Audio has released Ten
Hours Until Dawn as an unabridged audio book which includes
the
actual radio communications from the boats in distress.
To order (9 CDs) send a check for $29.95 plus $5.00
postage to M. Tougias, POB 72, Norfolk, MA 02056
"The best story of peril at sea since Sebastian Junger's
Perfect Storm, a superb narrative."..... Booklist
Review Selected by the American
Library Association as one of the Top books of 2005. "A
white-knuckle read, the book of its kind!"
Ten Hours Until Dawn (Description):
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, an engine power
in horrendous seas. Pilot boat captain Frank Quirk was
monitoring the Coast Guard 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
49-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the
maelstrom of the blizzard.
Using dozens of interview and audio tapes that
recorded every word exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard, Tougias
has written a devastating true account of bravery and death at sea.
Biography Michael Tougias pronounced "Toe - gis" is a lecturer and author of 16 books. His latest book Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do is a Boston Globe Bestseller. Ten Hours Until Dawn was also selected by the American Library Association as one of the "Top Books of the Year" and described as "a white-knuckle read, the best book of its kind". On a lighter note, Tougias chronicled his misadventures at his remote cabin in Vermont in his award-winning book There's A Porcupine In My Outhouse: Misadventures of a Mountain Man Wanna-be. This book won the Independent Publishers Association Award for the "The Best Nature Book of the Year." This website allows visitors to order autographed or personalized copies of Michael's books, view the topics of his presentations, and find upcoming presentations. Because Michael frequently travels for book assignments, he prefers that correspondence be sent to his post office box which he checks weekly and responds to immediately. Michael Tougias
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