Miracles on the water : the heroic survivors of a World War II U-boat attack
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Published
New York : Hyperion, [2006].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781401301507, 1401301509
Physical Desc
xv, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Books
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940.54293 NAGO
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940.54293 NAGO
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LC Subjects
Airplane crash survival -- Anecdotes.
City of Benares (Ship)
Passenger ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Shipwreck survival -- Anecdotes.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Survival -- Anecdotes.
Survival at sea -- Anecdotes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
City of Benares (Ship)
Passenger ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Shipwreck survival -- Anecdotes.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Survival -- Anecdotes.
Survival at sea -- Anecdotes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
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Published
New York : Hyperion, [2006].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781401301507, 1401301509
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-328) and index.
Description
On Sept. 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, including 90 children headed for peaceful Canada, their parents having elected to send them away from Great Britain to escape the ravages of World War II. The Benares sank in half an hour, in a gale that sent several of her lifeboats pitching into the frigid sea, more than three hundred miles from the nearest rescue vessel. Not one of the survivors had any reasonable hope of rescue. The initial "miracle" involves one British destroyer's race to the scene; the second is the story of Lifeboat 12, missed by the destroyer, 46 people jammed for eight days in a craft built for 30. Based on first hand accounts from the child survivors and other passengers.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nagorski, T. (2006). Miracles on the water: the heroic survivors of a World War II U-boat attack (First edition.). Hyperion.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nagorski, Tom, 1962-. 2006. Miracles On the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-boat Attack. Hyperion.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nagorski, Tom, 1962-. Miracles On the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-boat Attack Hyperion, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nagorski, Tom. Miracles On the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-boat Attack First edition., Hyperion, 2006.
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