Sole Survivors of the Sea

by James E. Wise

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The incredible stories of twenty-two lone survivors of maritime disasters are presented in this collection of war and peacetime incidents. The dramatic accounts--including those of a British sailor who survived 133 days at sea on an open raft and a German sailor who spent 28 hours in the ocean without a life preserver--are based on a wide array of sources, including interviews with the survivors and their families and official records to back up their accuracy. Most took place in World War show more II, when the navies and merchant fleets of many nations roamed the seas. Each story is one of boundless c show less

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James Wise, a retired captain in the U.S. Navy who served as a naval aviator, is the coauthor of the other two books in this series. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography)

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History, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
940.54History & geographyHistory of EuropeHistory of Europe1918-Military history of World War II
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D770 .W55History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaHistory (General)World War II (1939-1945)
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