Describes the August 1940 attack on and sinking of the Anglo Saxon, a British merchant ship, by the Widder, a German surface raider disguised as a merchant ship from a neutral country, and the desperate ordeal of the survivors of the doomed ship, only two of which made it to safety in the Bahamas. 40,000 first printing.
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J. Revell Carr is a former president and director of Mystic Seaport, America's leading maritime museum, as well as president of the Council of American Maritime Museums and the International Congress of Maritime Museums.
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Da: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Codice articolo 00099656650
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Da: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Codice articolo 0743238370-11-1-29
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Da: The Maryland Book Bank, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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Da: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Da: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Codice articolo K11R-01319
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Da: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo 15902359-6
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Da: Gold Country Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, tight. No markings. Jacket in mylar cover. Illus., map, 8 pages of photographs. Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box. Codice articolo 013346
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Da: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and personally inscribed by the author on the title page.this copy has a solid tight bindi g with clean unmarked pages.In the darkness before moonrise on the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast on August 21, 1940, the night erupted in a fusillade of bullets and shells. The victim was a stalwart English tramp steamer, Anglo-Saxon, part of the lifeline that was keeping besieged England supplied. The attacker was the Widder, a German surface raider, disguised as a neutral merchant ship.When it was near its prey, the raider unmasked its hidden armament and with overwhelming force destroyed the target ship. Only seven of the forty-one man crew of the Anglo-Saxon managed to get into a small boat and escape the raiders. Seventy days later, two of them, half dead, stumbled ashore in the Bahamas.The account of the sailors' ordeal -- how first the badly wounded and then the less strong died and were thrown over the side of a fragile boat that had almost no supplies -- is suspenseful and riveting.On the same day the two survivors reached the Bahamas, the Widder arrived off Brest, in occupied France, her murderous voyage over. Her captain, Hellmuth von Ruckteschell, who sank a staggering twenty-five ships, was eventually tried as a war criminal.All Brave Sailors is a story of endurance, heroism, brutality, and survival under the most terrible circumstances. It fills a gap in the history of World War II, telling the story of the much neglected sailors and the ships of the merchant marine, fighting against great odds in the early days of the war. Signed by Author. Codice articolo js4103
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Da: vladimir belskiy, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.
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