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Universally praised for its powerfully authentic depiction of
submarine warfare, Run Silent, Run Deep was an immediate success
when published in 1955 and shot to the top of best-seller lists.
The New York Times said of it, "If ever a book had a ring of
reality, this is it. . . combat passages rank with the most
exciting written about any branch of the service." The Saturday
Review called the book "a classic," and many reviewers compared its
author to such greats as C.S. Forester and Erich Remarque. Today
these accolades still ring true for Edward L. Beach's gripping
first novel of American submariners confronting a formidable
Japanese navy in a vicious battle to control the Pacific. Beach's
taut and dramatic narrative, told with the intimacy of a
confession, deals with two strong-headed men, Edward Richardson,
the commander of the USS Walrus, and his executive officer, Jim
Bledsoe, bound together by wartime duty, divided by jealousy,
pride, and love for a beautiful woman. But long after the details
of this famous novel fade from memory, what remains with us is a
startling realization of the way it was, really was, in the silent
service during World War II.
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Submarine! (Paperback)
Edward L. Beach
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R275
R232
Discovery Miles 2 320
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THE WAR BENEATH THE WAVES
For the World War II submariner, every day was a life-or-death
trial: going to sea for months at a time; existing in dank,
claustrophobic conditions; enduring long stretches of monotonous
silence punctuated by adrenaline-spiked episodes of paralyzing fear
and victorious elation. It was a duty few men could handle -- and
even fewer would survive.
This is the true story of those brave men who served and too often
died under the ocean surface, written by a man who was there.
Edward L. Beach masterfully weaves his gripping experiences aboard
the USS "Trigger" with those of other boats fighting the war in the
Pacific. Part action-packed combat chronicle, part testament to the
courageous sacrifices made by those who never came back, this is a
compelling eyewitness account of the war as few have seen it.
In a collision with a steamship, "City of Rome, on the night of
September 25, 1925, the U.S. Navy Submarine S-51 sank in 132 feet
of water, taking 33 sailors to the ocean floor. This is the story
of the men charged with doing the impossible--rising the thousand
ton sub from the bottom of the sea. Added to this modern classic of
true adventure are a foreword and afterword giving specifics of the
accident and the aftermath, additional photographs, a publisher's
preface, and appendices.
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