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"The Sound of Music" endeared Georg von Trapp (1880-1947) and his
singing family to the world, and it also showed how desperately the
Nazis wanted Captain von Trapp for their navy. In "To the Last
Salute" we learn why. Trapp's own story of his exploits as a
submarine commander during the First World War is as exciting as it
is instructive, bringing to stirring life a little-known chapter in
the naval history of that war.
In his many guises, Trapp describes life as captain of
Austro-Hungarian U-boats in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas,
emerging by turn as the Imperial Austrian naval officer, the witty
observer of international politics, and the indefatigable and
ultimately heartbroken patriot opposing the Allied enemy. He
relates deadly duels with submarine sweepers, narrow escapes and
excruciatingly close calls, and the spectacular sinking of cargo
and war ships--all while maintaining a keen sense of the
camaraderie of seamen from every corner of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire. Trapp's story, in English for the first time, offers a rare
combination of human interest, historical insight, and true
life-and-death adventure.
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