On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. Human grace and grit, leadership and endurance prevail
A children's story about the events surrounding the Pendleton disaster off Cape Cod. The story focuses on John "Jack" Eldredge Nickerson, a ten-year-old boy who befriends Coast Guard hero Bernie Webbe