The Captain (Great War Stories)
by De Hartog, Jan
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0933852835
- ISBN 13
- 9780933852839
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About This Item
Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, 1988-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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On Oct 4 2010, Pby5dumbo said:
Reportedly they have cadets at West Point read Once an Eagle. Midshipmen should read The Captain. This novel loitered on the NYT bestseller list for about four years when I was a teenager. The story is set in the North Atlantic as a young Dutch tugboat captain learns his craft and how to shoulder the burden of command in the face of the U-boats and the horrific weather. In this first-person yarn, the captain charms us with his candor and vulnerability. We taste the food, make allowances for the idiosyncrasies of the small and close-knit crew, stand watches, haul torpedo victims out of the water, assert our national autonomy against the British convoy leaders... We feel the rage when a novice captain exposes us to death by bad rescue procedure. The narrative is constantly captivating. I re-read this book every two years or more often.
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- Bookseller
- GridFreed LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Q-0933852835
- Title
- The Captain (Great War Stories)
- Author
- De Hartog, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0933852835
- ISBN 13
- 9780933852839
- Publisher
- Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer
- Place of Publication
- Mount Plesant, South Carolina, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1988-11-01
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