So close to home : a true story of an American family's fight for survival during World War II
Item details
- ISBN: 9781681771304
- ISBN: 1681771306
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Physical Description:
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xi, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Maps on lining papers. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228). |
Formatted Contents Note: | A tired old workhorse -- Ina and the South American venture -- Admiral Dönitz and his Grey Wolves -- Harro Schacht and U-507 -- The Grey Wolves and the Mississippi -- Moving ever closer -- Denied a safe port -- An uneasy feeling -- Torpedoes in the night -- The raft -- A most hopeless night -- Dawn -- Desperation -- Running out of time -- The shrimp boat and a surprise -- Ina -- Lucille -- Triumphant return to Lorient -- Morgan City and the hospital -- The Laconia: a sinking and a rescue -- Spies, duty, and the turning of the battle tide -- Passages so far from home -- Sonny. |
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Flint River Regional Library System: Peachtree City Library |
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