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Big Miracle: Inspired by the Incredible True Story That United the World
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Big Miracle: Inspired by the Incredible True Story That United the World Paperback - 2011

by Tom Rose

On October 7, 1988, an Inuit hunter found three California Gray whales imprisoned in the Arctic ice. "Everybody Loves Whales" is the real story behind the remarkable, bizarre, and often times uproarious event that mesmerized the world for weeks.


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Now a major motion picture starring Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, John Krasinski, and Vinessa Shaw--an account of the dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped under the ice in Alaska in 1988. Set in Cold War-era 1988, Big Miracle tells the real story behind the remarkable, bizarre, and oftentimes uproarious event that mesmerized the world for weeks. On October 7, an Inuit hunter near Barrow, Alaska, found three California Gray whales imprisoned in the Arctic ice. In the past, as was nature's way, trapped whales always died. Not this time. Tom Rose, who was covering the event for a Japanese TV station, compellingly describes how oil company executives, environmental activists, Inupiat people, small business people, and the U.S. military boldly worked together to rescue the whales. He also tells the stories of some of the more than 150 international journalists who brought the story to the world's attention. The rescue was followed by millions of people around the world as Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev joined the forces of their two nations to help free the whales.

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  • Title Big Miracle: Inspired by the Incredible True Story That United the World
  • Author Tom Rose
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Movie Tie-In
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, Gordonville, VA, U.S.A.
  • Date 2011-12-20
  • Features Index, Movie/TV Tie-In, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780312625191 / 0312625197
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Arctic/Antarctic
    • Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Alaska
  • Library of Congress subjects Gray whale - Stranding - Alaska - North Slope, Wildlife rescue - Alaska - North Slope
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011033809
  • Dewey Decimal Code 599.5

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 10/31/2011, Page 0

About the author

Tom Rose, the former publisher and CEO of The Jerusalem Post, cohosts the Bauer & Rose show on Sirius/XM satellite radio. He is the author of Big Miracle and writes and comments regularly on American and Middle East politics. He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana
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