Torpedo Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast 1942 - Softcover

Hickam, Homer H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440210275 ISBN 13: 9780440210276

Publisher: Dell Pub Co, 1991

Synopsis

Presents a riveting account of death and rescue at sea during the early years of World War II, when German U-boats cruised up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, sinking 259 ships and littering the waters with cargo and bodies. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Homer H. Hickam, Jr., was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. He is the author of numerous articles for such publications as Smithsonian Air and Space and American History Illustrated, as well as a memoir, Rocket Boys, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and a novel, Back to the Moon. He is a retired NASA engineer, consults on aerospace projects that interest him, and lives in Huntsville, Alabama.

From the Inside Flap:

SEA--JUST MILES FROM U.S. SOIL!

In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area "Torpedo Junction." And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany closer to winning the war.

In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win--because this one hit terrifyingly close to ho

About this edition

• Publisher: Dell Pub Co
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0440210275
• ISBN 13: 9780440210276
• Binding: Paperback