Up Periscope

Wow. Described as a young adult book, this adventure story read more like a Hammond Innes or Alistair MacLean tale. Good plot, enough suspense to keep the pages turning, and just the right amount of details to make it plausible. I'm looking for more works by this author.

A Scholastic book from the 60's about a submarine? And yet, I really enjoyed this book. With the exception of 2 characters whom I kept getting mixed up, the characters were well-developed, and the story was interesting. Who'd have thunk it?

I have always liked this book. Read it first in junior high school. It mentions that one of the characters went the US Naval Academy. Curiosity got to me. I started checking out the the Naval Academy. Several years later I applied to there (with USMA as my 2nd choice). After the extensive application/nomination process, I could not get into the USNA (due to a 'slight' color perception problem), but was offered admission to West Point. Accepted, went and the rest is history.

So the book has a special meaning to me.

I have always had a place in my heart for Annapolis. Always found it tough at the Army-Navy football games.