{"product_id":"book-3659","title":"Ten Hours until Dawn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring the height of the blizzard of 1978, a tanker foundered on the shoals off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat that was soon in trouble, too. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pilot-boat captain, Frank Quirk, heard of the Coast Guard's plight on his radio. He gathered his crew of four, readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the \u003cem\u003eCan Do\u003c\/em\u003e, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard soon to be known as the Storm of the Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEncountering one of the most monstrous seas ever recorded, Quirk struggled through the night to keep his boat from sinking, maintaining contact through his hand-held battery-powered radio. The \u003cem\u003eCan Do\u003c\/em\u003e stayed afloat past three a.m. Then there was silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough dozens of interviews as well as recordings of the radio communications exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard-actual recordings included here in this audiobook-Michael J. Tougias provides us a devastating, true account of bravery and death at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49313836990768,"sku":"BD3659","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49313837023536,"sku":"ZE3659","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49313837056304,"sku":"ZM3659","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/3659-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780435135","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-3659","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}