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Convoys of World War II: Tales of Survival, Hope And Bravery (Amazing Stories) (Amazing Stories) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dorothy Pedersen
Publisher: Altitude Publishing (Canada)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2286719
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 1554390028
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.54293
EAN: 9781554390021
ASIN: 1554390028
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
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Product Description
Nine men tell their personal stories of life at sea during World War II. In extreme danger, they battled seasickness, injury, and less than comfortable living conditions while avoiding floating mines and torpedoes in their efforts to guide ships safely across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Insight into courage March 23, 2006
Reviewed by William E. Cooper for Reader Views (3/06)
For most of my life I've loved history, often with an emphasis of great deeds performed by people in times of crisis. In the case of this book Ms. Pedersen presents us with a series of anecdotes from sailors who operated in and survived the trials of natural and man-made issues. We have often studied American servicemen and the great accomplishments they made. It has been a rare time when we reviewed what our good friends from Canada did. Ms. Pedersen gives us the opportunity to hear from nine sailors. These average men were often put in positions of great danger and performed commendably. It is always appropriate to hear from these good people.
Ms. Pedersen's book is well written, presenting the thoughts and feelings of men in continual danger, and how they reacted under high stress to get the job done. Her writing puts the reader on board with these men who helped get innumerable ships containing precious cargo to the allies fighting World War II. She provides us with insight into their courage as they performed their duties while under fire with neighboring ships being destroyed, often with considerable loss of life.
I have often remarked about the greatest generation. Ms. Pedersen gives us yet another reason to believe. Well done.
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