Michael J. Tougias
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Michael J. Tougias is a writer who was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts in 1955. He attended Boston College (1973–74) and graduated from St. Michael's College, Vermont in 1978.
Career
An avid fisherman, Tougias became a self-syndicated outdoors writer in 1990 while managing a division of a major insurance company. He published the first of 25 books in 1998. He travels to more than 100 small and large speaking engagements a year to discuss his books and other topics, including "Survival Stories," lessons learned from those who were shipwrecked. Coast Guardsmen and sailors are frequent audiences as Tougias' last six books have been true-life sea rescues by the Coast Guard, often in the Gulf Stream.[1]
His co-authored book The Finest Hours was released as a Disney film in 2016.[2][3]
Reviews
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Awards
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Selected works
- Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue. [Place of publication not identified]: Faber And Faber, 2009. ISBN 1250044235
- So Close to Home: The True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II. New York: Pegasus Books, 2016. ISBN 1681771306
- Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy. New York: Scribner, 2013. ISBN 1476746648.
- Overboard! A True Blue-Water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival. New York: Scribner, 2011. <http://rbdigital.oneclickdigital.com>. ISBN 9781439153628
- A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue. [Place of publication not identified]: Scribner, 2012. ISBN 1451683340
- Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea. New York: Scribner, 2009. ISBN 0743297040
- Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2006. ISBN 0312334362
- Outdoors in Franklin. Franklin, Mass: The Town, 2002. OCLC 49673887
References
- ^ "'Finest Hours' co-author Michael Tougias drawn to stories of survival". telegram.com.
- ^ Disney's The Finest Hours - Trailer 1. 8 July 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ Eliza Berman. ""The Finest Hours": The True Story Behind the Movie". TIME.com.