Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria
Richard Goldstein$31.41
$36.95
A stupendous feat of reportage.
-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers Praise for Desperate Hours ""Goldstein's book is packed with detail. . . . This description of the Doria's sinking is especially moving.""
-The New York Times ""A stupendous feat of reportage. Goldstein has virtually put us into lifeboats and sent us hurtling into the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956.""
-Ron Powers, cowriter, Flags of Our Fathers, and author of Dangerous Water and Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore On an extraordinary summer's night in 1956, in a fog off Nantucket, the world-renowned ocean liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm and, eleven hours later, tragically sank. But in that brief time the Doria became, after the Titanic, the most storied vessel of the century, as nearly 1,700 people were saved in an unforgettable rescue punctuated by countless acts of heroism amid confusion, terror, and even cowardice. In the tradition of Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, Desperate Hours re-creates the ill-fated voyage, from the passengers' parting waves at Genoa, to their last evening highball in the Doria's lavish lounge, to the unbelievable realization that catastrophe was imminent. Richard Goldstein draws from dozens of interviews, court documents, memoirs, and reports that relate never-before-told stories. He also presents technical findings that shed light on the blame for the disaster. The result is a definitive history of a fateful day, a legendary liner, and a deadly shipwreck now considered by scuba divers to be the Mount Everest of the deep.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley (TP)
Published: 10/01/2001
ISBN: 9780471389347
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.50w x 1.11d
Review Citations: Library Journal 10/15/2001 pg. 91
New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 45
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 58
-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers Praise for Desperate Hours ""Goldstein's book is packed with detail. . . . This description of the Doria's sinking is especially moving.""
-The New York Times ""A stupendous feat of reportage. Goldstein has virtually put us into lifeboats and sent us hurtling into the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956.""
-Ron Powers, cowriter, Flags of Our Fathers, and author of Dangerous Water and Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore On an extraordinary summer's night in 1956, in a fog off Nantucket, the world-renowned ocean liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm and, eleven hours later, tragically sank. But in that brief time the Doria became, after the Titanic, the most storied vessel of the century, as nearly 1,700 people were saved in an unforgettable rescue punctuated by countless acts of heroism amid confusion, terror, and even cowardice. In the tradition of Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, Desperate Hours re-creates the ill-fated voyage, from the passengers' parting waves at Genoa, to their last evening highball in the Doria's lavish lounge, to the unbelievable realization that catastrophe was imminent. Richard Goldstein draws from dozens of interviews, court documents, memoirs, and reports that relate never-before-told stories. He also presents technical findings that shed light on the blame for the disaster. The result is a definitive history of a fateful day, a legendary liner, and a deadly shipwreck now considered by scuba divers to be the Mount Everest of the deep.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley (TP)
Published: 10/01/2001
ISBN: 9780471389347
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.50w x 1.11d
Review Citations: Library Journal 10/15/2001 pg. 91
New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 45
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 58