The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe during WWI / Peter Hernon.
| Author/creator | Hernon, Peter, 1947- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | x, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-336) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hernon, Peter, 1947- American heroes, an iconic ship, and saving Europe during WWI. First edition. New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2017 9780062433886 |
| LCCN | 2017012596 |
| ISBN | 9780062433862 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0062433865 |
| ISBN | (audio) |
| ISBN | (pbk.) |