{"product_id":"rescue-of-the-bounty-disaster-and-survival-in-superstorm-sandy-paperback","title":"Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Tougias\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDouglas a. Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the Fall 2015 Disney movie \u003ci\u003eThe Finest Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, the \"thrilling and perfectly paced\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) story of the sinking and rescue of \u003ci\u003eBounty\u003c\/i\u003e--the tall ship used in the classic 1962 movie \u003ci\u003eMutiny on the Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e--which was caught in the path of Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn Thursday, October 25, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail \u003ci\u003eBounty\u003c\/i\u003e from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg, Florida. Walbridge knew that a hurricane was forecast, yet he was determined to sail. The captain told the crew that anyone could leave the ship before it sailed. No one took the captain up on his offer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour days into the voyage, Superstorm Sandy made an almost direct hit on the ship. A few hours later, the ship suddenly overturned ninety miles off the North Carolina coast in the \"Graveyard of the Atlantic,\" sending the crew tumbling into an ocean filled with towering thirty-foot waves. The coast guard then launched one of the most complex and massive rescues in its history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the uproar heard across American media in the days following, a single question persisted: Why did the captain decide to sail? Through hundreds of hours of interviews with the crew members and the coast guard, Michael J. Tougias and Douglas A. Campbell create an in-depth portrait of the enigmatic Captain Walbridge, his motivations, and what truly occurred aboard \u003ci\u003eBounty\u003c\/i\u003e during those terrifying days at sea. \"A white-knuckled, tragic adventure\" (\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eRescue of the Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable tale about the brutality of nature and the human will to survive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael J. Tougias is the author of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eOverboard!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinest Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (with Casey Sherman), soon to be a major motion picture from Disney; \u003ci\u003eFatal Forecast\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTen Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the \u003c\/i\u003eCan Do. He is a sought-after lecturer who gives more than seventy presentations each year. He lives in Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas A. Campbell spent three decades in daily journalism, twenty-five of those years as a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, where two of his stories were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Campbell has sailed his own boats since 1979 and has twice competed in the biannual Bermuda One-Two race.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760696262944,"sku":"9781476746647","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/98d1eab981b6298a55d7dd59cc5931e2.webp?v=1780187177","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rescue-of-the-bounty-disaster-and-survival-in-superstorm-sandy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}