The captain
by HARTOG, JAN DE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Small trace of use/Jacket a bit worn
- Seller
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Wassenaar, Netherlands
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About This Item
London: World Books, 1968. 378 pp.. Hard bound. Small trace of use/Jacket a bit worn.
Reviews
On Oct 4 2010, Pby5dumbo said:
Reportedly they have cadets at West Point read Once an Eagle. Midshipmen should read The Captain. This novel loitered on the NYT bestseller list for about four years when I was a teenager. The story is set in the North Atlantic as a young Dutch tugboat captain learns his craft and how to shoulder the burden of command in the face of the U-boats and the horrific weather. In this first-person yarn, the captain charms us with his candor and vulnerability. We taste the food, make allowances for the idiosyncrasies of the small and close-knit crew, stand watches, haul torpedo victims out of the water, assert our national autonomy against the British convoy leaders... We feel the rage when a novice captain exposes us to death by bad rescue procedure. The narrative is constantly captivating. I re-read this book every two years or more often.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquariaat Parnassos (NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26695
- Title
- The captain
- Author
- HARTOG, JAN DE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Small trace of use
- Jacket Condition
- Jacket a bit worn
- Publisher
- World Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- Litterature/literatuur;
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