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The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe during WWI / Peter Hernon.

Author/creator Hernon, Peter, 1947- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York, NY : Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
Copyright Notice ©2017
Descriptionx, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [335]-336) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Hernon, Peter, 1947- American heroes, an iconic ship, and saving Europe during WWI. First edition. New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2017 9780062433886
LCCN 2017012596
ISBN9780062433862 (hbk.)
ISBN0062433865
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ISBN(pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks VM383.L3 H47 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold