Twelve desperate miles : the epic WWII voyage of the SS Contessa / Tim Brady.
Title:
Twelve desperate miles : the epic WWII voyage of the SS Contessa / Tim Brady.
ISBN:
9780307590374
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Crown, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
xv, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary:
Documents the World War II service of a Honduran banana boat staffed with international merchant seamen, inmates, and a French harbor pilot who heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa.
"November 1942. The largest convoy ever to cross the Atlantic attacked Axis forces in North Africa in the first major battle of the war in Europe. It was led by a rusty transport out of New Orleans & a gang of ex-cons from a decrepit Virginia jail"--Jkt.
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OCLC Number:
ocn732848090
Availability:
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