The Captain
by de Hartog, Jan
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0933852835
- ISBN 13
- 9780933852839
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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
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17445193-6
- Title
- The Captain
- Author
- de Hartog, Jan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0933852835
- ISBN 13
- 9780933852839
- Publisher
- Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, Incorporated, The
- Place of Publication
- Mount Plesant, South Carolina, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1988-11
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