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The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guar
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- ISBN
- 9780395983676
- EAN
- 9780395983676
- Book Title
- Barque of Saviors : Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U. S. Coast Guard
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Military / United States
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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In 1936 in Hamburg, a splendid three-masted sailing ship was christened Horst Wessel in the presence of Adolf Hitler and thousands of cheering Nazis. It became a training vessel for naval officers during World War II. After Germany's defeat, the U.S. Coast Guard found its young crew terrified and half starved. The Coast Guardsmen brought the Germans, so recently their mortal enemies, back to life; the Germans, in return, taught them the ways of the beautiful square-rigged ship, rechristened Eagle. In time, Eagle would become the Coast Guard's elite school ship -- the barque of saviors. Uncannily linking Eagle's malign past and its American present is a Coast Guardsman named Karl Dillmann, who believes that the spirit of a young German sailor drowned in a U-boat explosion inhabits his soul. The voices of Dillmann and other crew members are heard throughout the book, as are, incredibly, the voices of young sailors on the Horst Wessel. Drumm has obtained never-before-published logbooks from the war years, affording fascinating new insights into both the ship's everyday life and its moments of high drama. A supremely gifted journalist and a vivid, lyrical writer, Russell Drumm knows Eagle intimately. His love of the ship, and of the sea itself, enriches every page. The courage and sacrifice of the "greatest generation" are alive and well today in the dedicated members of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0395983673
ISBN-13
9780395983676
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1909671
Product Key Features
Book Title
Barque of Saviors : Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U. S. Coast Guard
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, Military / World War II, Military / United States
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Genre
History
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Vg53.D78 2001
Edition Description
Teacher's Edition
Reviews
"Tall ships cast spells, and Drumm catches the witchery of the Eagle's overpowering presence." Kirkus Reviews "...the book offers a rare look at postwar military cooperation." Publishers Weekly, "Tall ships cast spells, and Drumm catches the witchery of the Eagle's overpowering presence." Kirkus Reviews "…the book offers a rare look at postwar military cooperation." Publishers Weekly
Table of Content
Contents - Prologue xv 1 Under Way 1 2 Dreamsheets 7 3 The Yellow Satinwood Berth 19 4 Segelschulschiff Horst Wessel 39 5 Dillmann's Eye 52 6 Hemp and Flax 62 7 Beware the Dark Force 83 8 Ponder the Imponderable 113 9 The Fall of Neumann 123 10 The Attitude 138 11 September 1, 1939 147 12 Sailing Under 156 13 The Miracle 173 14 Eagle Born 192 15 Passage Home 227 Glossary 245
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2001-039525
Dewey Decimal
363.28/6
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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