The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI
Title:
The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI
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ISBN:
9780062433862
9780062433879
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
x, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Trapped in New York -- You will never run her -- Monster of the deep -- Dead in the water -- Missed rendezvous -- A new skipper -- Steaming for Rendezvous A -- The orphans of Brest -- POWs and icebergs -- Lost in the fog -- Blitzkatarrh, or, Flanders fever -- U-boat attack -- Submarines and the sky pilot -- 40 hommes/8 chevaux -- Two men overboard -- A near-death experience -- Everyone attack -- A bad wound -- Kamerad! Kamerad! -- Funny little smile -- The U-boats go home -- Partying in Liverpool -- Journey of the survivors -- Amid a silence that hurt -- Farewell to arms -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Traces the story of the legendary USS Leviathan, a German luxury liner seized by the U.S. Navy and converted into an armed troop carrier that transported thousands of American forces to Europe after the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917.
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