Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast 1942 - Brossura

Hickam, Homer H.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0440210275 ISBN 13: 9780440210276

Casa editrice: Dell Pub Co, 1991

Riassunto

Presents a riveting account of death and rescue at sea during the early years of World War II, when German U-boats cruised up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, sinking 259 ships and littering the waters with cargo and bodies. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"The best account to date of America's early war against the U-Boat."—Journal of Military History

"Homer Hickam is a gifted storyteller...the reader is transported back to those crucial battles at sea to live and die with those seamen."—Times-Herald, Newport News, Va.

"A dramatic end detailed account."—West Coast Review of Books

L'autore:

Homer H. Hickam, Jr., was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. He is the author of numerous articles for such publications as Smithsonian Air and Space and American History Illustrated, as well as a memoir, Rocket Boys, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and a novel, Back to the Moon. He is a retired NASA engineer, consults on aerospace projects that interest him, and lives in Huntsville, Alabama.

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• Editore: Dell Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0440210275
• ISBN 13: 9780440210276
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile