The Captain (Great War Stories)
by De Hartog, Jan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0933852835
- ISBN 13
- 9780933852839
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. 434p. Measures 6x8.75 inches. This novel is a sequel of a sort to his 1940 book Captain Jan, though not having the same characters as the earlier book. This book centers around the specialized Ocean tugboat trade during World War II.
Reviews
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Diatrope Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32812
- Title
- The Captain (Great War Stories)
- Author
- De Hartog, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0933852835
- ISBN 13
- 9780933852839
- Publisher
- Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Mount Plesant, South Carolina, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Fiction, World War II, Navy, Europe, War Novel, Historical Novel, Dutch Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- X weight
- 9 oz
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