This superbly crafted collection of classic literature preserves
the celebrated works of the foremost writers of naval history,
biography, and fiction. Since 1984 the series, edited by Jack
Sweetman, has brought back into print a total of over sixty titles.
The original unabridged texts are accompanied by authoritative new
introductions and notes.
By 1916 the German merchant fleet had been driven from the seas
by a British blockade that had cut off Germany from foreign markets
and put the nation on the verge of economic collapse. Germany's
desperate response was the Deutschland, a merchant U-boat uniquely
designed with an exceptionally wide beam to carry cargo. Its brief
career as a blockade-runner captured international headlines, and
Paul Konig's fast-moving account of its maiden voyage was one of
the most popular books of the year when first published in the
United States in 1917.
Although an acknowledged piece of German propaganda, the story
is nevertheless a thrilling one that has attracted readers for
decades. Veteran submariners and landlubbers alike have been
fascinated by the author's descriptions of life on board the World
War I submarine. Ordered to transport valuable cargo to America and
return with equally valuable cargo, the captain intended to make a
joke of the blockade. The trip was no ordinary passage, however,
and Konig keeps readers on the edge of their seats with his tales
of the Deutschland barely managing to evade British ASW on its way
to the port of Baltimore, where Konig and his crew were welcomed as
heroes. The informative introduction that accompanies this new
edition of the work has been written by Dwight R. Messimer, the
author of a study of theU-boat's entire career called The Merchant
U-Boat and Find and Destroy: Antisubmarine Warfare in World War
I
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