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Twelve desperate miles : the epic WWII voyage of the SS Contessa / Tim Brady.
Van Pelt Library D766.99.M6 B73 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brady, Tim, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Riverine operations--Morocco.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Riverine operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.
- Operation Torch, 1942.
- Contessa (Steamer).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown, [2012]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Part I
- Chapter 1 New York, June 1942 11
- Chapter 2 Airborne to London 24
- Chapter 3 Incorrigible 39
- Chapter 4 Claridge's 46
- Chapter 5 Halifax to Belfast 55
- Chapter 6 Walking the Tightrope 64
- Chapter 7 D.C. 69
- Chapter 8 The Apostles 76
- Chapter 9 The Hazards of Port Lyautey 84
- Chapter 10 "I should like to embrace you" 90
- Chapter 11 Snatching the Shark 94
- Chapter 12 Romping 105
- Part II
- Chapter 13 Hollywood 117
- Chapter 14 Tangier to Gibraltar to England 124
- Chapter 15 Needs and Wants 130
- Chapter 16 Meeting Gruenther 139
- Chapter 17 SOS 141
- Chapter 18 Amphibians 149
- Chapter 19 Monsieur Prechak 154
- Chapter 20 Looking for a Ship 156
- Chapter 21 The Pieces in Place 162
- Part III
- Chapter 22 Dry Dock 171
- Chapter 23 "Our Worst War Town" 177
- Chapter 24 Off to Sea 184
- Chapter 25 Uncle Sam Wants You 189
- Chapter 26 Convoy 194
- Chapter 27 Crossing 202
- Chapter 28 "Je m'engage et puis je vois" 210
- Chapter 29 Rendezvous 217
- Chapter 30 "Viva la France eternelle" 227
- Chapter 31 "Crack it open quickly" 243
- Chapter 32 The Dallas Goes First 250
- Chapter 33 Twelve Desperate Miles 259
- Chapter 34 Armistice Day 270.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-312).
- ISBN:
- 9780307590374
- 0307590372
- 9780307590398
- 0307590399
- OCLC:
- 732848090
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