Bibliograph

The great rescue, American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI, Peter Hernon

Type

Label

The great rescue, American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI, Peter Hernon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-336) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great rescue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

989728870

Responsibility statement

Peter Hernon

Sub title

American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI

Summary

Traces the story of the legendary USS Leviathan, a German luxury liner seized by the U.S. Navy and converted into an armed troop carrier that transported thousands of American forces to Europe after the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917

Table Of 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

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