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Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the "Andrea Doria" Book

On a summer's night in 1956 in a fog off Nantucket the world-renowned ocean liner Andrea Doria collided with another ship the Stockholm. Eleven hours later it sank. This work offers an account of the crash that caused the sinking of the Andrea Doria and the remarkable rescue of all but 46 of the ship's 1 662 passengers and crew.Read More

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  • Product Description

    In the tradition of Walter Lords A Night to Remember, a dramatic moment-by-moment account of the greatest peacetime sea rescue in history

    Advance Praise for Desperate Hours

    "A stupendous feat of reportage. Goldstein has virtually put us into lifeboats and sent us hurtling into the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956." —Ron Powers, cowriter, Flags of Our Fathers, and author of Dangerous Water and Tom and Huck Dont Live Here Anymore

    "Riveting. A vivid reconstruction of the chain of small events leading to a disaster and its impact on a rich cast of characters from a vanished era." —Neil Hanson, author of The Custom of the Sea

  • 047138934X
  • 9780471389347
  • Richard Goldstein
  • 24 October 2001
  • John Wiley & Sons
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 288
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