First Prize Is Nothing: The Marion Incident ~ by Jim Kirker

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Condition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“The book is in solid, readable condition with some signs of wear on the cover and pages. There may ...
Release Year
2007
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Inscribed
No
Vintage
No
ISBN
9781424179336
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
America Star Books
ISBN-10
1424179335
ISBN-13
9781424179336
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63174778

Product Key Features

Book Title
First Prize Is Nothing : the Marion Incident
Number of Pages
372 Pages
Language
English
Topic
War & Military, Historical, Sea Stories
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Author
Jim Kirker
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Synopsis
At the height of Cold War tension in 1970, the heyday of detente through mutually assured destruction, a U.S. Fleet Ballistic Submarine undertakes a strategic deterrent patrol in the Mediterranean. As the mission progresses, the executive officer slowly comes to realize that his commanding officer is mentally deteriorating into a dangerous state of paranoid delusion. Given the temper of the times, and realizing that the nuclear trip wire could be so easily breached, the exec, Mike Craig, must somehow get the ship safely back to port without allowing his irrational captain to light the fires of World War III. Narrowly successful in shepherding the ship safely back to port, the exec, and his fellow officers, find themselves battling for their professional survival as they are subjected to a secret -de facto- court martial in Groton, Ct. The overriding concern of the Navy's chain of command is to protect the image of the iconic Hyman G. Rickover...rather than determining the reasons for the harrowing brush with Armageddon. While the ship and its characters' names are fictional, all major elements of the Marion's patrol and its aftermath are authentic and have been drawn from actual events, publicly revealed here for the first time. Born and raised in the shadows of the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut, Jim Kirker, a retired trial attorney, has enjoyed a lifetime association with sub-mariners of all ranks. Those friends and their stories have provided him with a unique insight into the submarine force of the Cold War era.

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