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284 pp., map end papers, b/w photos. Torpedoed, left adrift on a Raft, Struggle for Survival, Hate, Forgiveness, Reunion. Survival at sea following the sinking of the freighter SS West Lashaway by a German U-boat, August of 1942. Signed presentation on the f.f.e.p., "To: Francis Pierson, With my best wishes, Robert W. Bell, May 29, 1988." Half cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. cond. The d/w shows some rubbing along the edges, corners & head & heel of the spiine, but generally in good cond. Not price-clipped. Former owner's ink sig. on attached end paper & top edge of book. Seller Inventory # 013119
Recounts the August 1942 sinking of the freighter "West Lashway" by a German U-Boat, the terrible ordeal of the survivors of the attack, and the reunion, forty years later, of the submarine crew
Title: In Peril on the Sea: A Peronal Remembrance
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, N.Y.
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Half-Cloth
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition