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- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks, a World War II naval thriller of "high and glittering excitement" (The New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower series.
The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of 37 merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolf pack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For 48 hours, Krause will play a desperate cat-and-mouse game against the submarines, combating exhaustion, hunger, and thirst to protect 50 million dollars worth of cargo and the lives of 3,000 men.
Originally published as The Good Shepherd and acclaimed as one of the best novels of the year in 1955, here is a riveting classic of World War II and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories.
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Shaking off this label, a shy and lonely 17-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy on HMS Justinian. In action, adventure, and battle he is forged into one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.
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First rate historical fiction
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Battle of Surigao Strait
- Twentieth-Century Battles
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Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands was the scene of a major battleship duel during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Because the battle was fought at night and had few survivors on the Japanese side, the events of that naval engagement have been passed down in garbled accounts. Anthony P. Tully pulls together all of the existing documentary material, including newly discovered accounts and a careful analysis of U.S. Navy action reports, to create a new and more detailed description of the action.
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A Much Needed History!
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The Silent Service in World War II
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When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the US Navy had a total of 111 submarines. It was mostly a collection of aging boats. Fortunately, with the war in Europe was already two years old and friction with Japan ever increasing, help from what would become known as the Silent Service in the Pacific was on the way: there were 73 of the new fleet submarines under construction. The Silent Service in World War II tells the story of America's intrepid underwater warriors in the words of the men who lived the war in the Pacific against Japan.
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The Bravest Man
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Tuohy follows Richard O'Kane, America's undersea ace of aces, and a few fearless submariners, during the U.S. submarine war in the Pacific. This grueling battle saw 10 million tons of Japanese shipping sunk by U.S. submarines, but the cost to the U.S. Navy was one in five of its boats, the highest casualty rate of the U.S. armed services.
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Great details of WWII Submarine Patrols
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From the acclaimed military history author, this action-packed World War II history describes the Allies' brutal naval engagements and daring harbor raids to destroy the backbone of Hitler's surface fleet.
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Good book if you not really familiar with WW2 at Sea.
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More than 800 sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship.
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A good story about something that really happened
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HMS Ulysses
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The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century's greatest writers of action and suspense - an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. The story of men who rose to heroism, and then to something greater, HMS Ulysses takes its place alongside The Caine Mutiny and The Cruel Sea as one of the classic novels of the navy at war. It is the compelling story of Convoy FR77 to Murmansk - a voyage that pushes men to the limits of human endurance.
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Amazing but heartbreaking and sad.
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Into the Storm
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Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, the USS Walker---a Great-War vintage "four-stacker" destroyer---finds itself in full retreat from pursuit by Japanese battleships. Its captain, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Patrick Reddy, knows that he and his crew are in dire straits. In desperation, he heads Walker into a squall, hoping it will give them cover---and emerges somewhere else.
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It just never grabbed me.
- By Lore on 05-01-12
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No Banners, No Bugles
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The unheralded story of how salvage helped the Allies win back North Africa. By the time America joined World War II, Edward Ellsberg had already earned his place as one of the world’s great marine salvage engineers, and his best-selling accounts of raising doomed submarines and histories of classic diving operations had made him a literary star.
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Great story, horrible narration.
- By Monk on 02-17-17
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War Beneath the Waves
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In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth-charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for 15 straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led key members of the crew in a heroic effort to keep their ship intact as they tried to escape.
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Interesting historical review
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October 1772, Portsmouth. Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon, ordered to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who challenge the King's Navy. For Bolitho, and for many of the crew, it is a severe and testing initiation into the game of seamanship.
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This is *not* the book advertised.
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On the morning of June 4, 1942, doom sailed on Midway. Hoping to put itself within striking distance of Hawaii and California, the Japanese navy planned an ambush that would obliterate the remnants of the American Pacific fleet. On paper, the Americans had no chance of winning. They had fewer ships, slower fighters, and almost no battle experience. But because their codebreakers knew what was coming, the American navy was able to prepare an ambush of its own.
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Very informative
- By Jim Walters on 08-27-18
By: Walter Lord
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- Mark M Miller
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One of my favorite books finally recorded.
I have always checked on audiobooks to see if “The Good Shepherd “ by C.S. Forester has finally been done and when Tom Hanks made a movie of it (Greyhound) two readings of it were done with two different readers. This is the better of the two by a wide margin. By the way, the movie is also excellent with the screen play by Tom Hanks capturing the mood of the book perfectly. It’s a wonderful story about an average person rising to greatness in a trying effort to shepherd a convoy across the Atlantic in the early days of World War II. The isolation of the person in command combines with self doubt, fatigue and determination to make a fascinating and compelling story. I don’t read very well anymore and this audiobook has given me an old friend brought back to see me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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- Margaret Pierce
- 10-30-20
True Eye Opener To Duty and Honor
I am exhausted as I complete this well written and perfectly performed testimonial to the brave and dedicated sailors from The Battle of The Atlantic.
Exhausted, yes. Yet I am in awe of the men and women of “The Greatest Generation” who overcame obstacles we can’t possibly understand today, to defeat the totalitarian evil that confronted them.
My Father was one of them- on the California at Pearl and a Purple Heart recipient at Guadalcanal. While he would NEVER discuss the war, this book helps me understand the sacrifices, mental anguish and selfless dedication from his generation of citizen warriors.
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- JPD
- 12-14-23
A great story
Really great story about bravery and real world action. Really glad that I listened to the book . Would buy again!
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- Daniel L. Rasmussen
- 07-29-20
Engaging
This is not a book for everyone. Yet I personally found it captivating. The story is delivered well in a staccato fashion which heightens the intrigue. It was not just an exciting story though. Duty, sacrifice, faith and personal responsibility are on full display. I am grateful to be reminded of people who exhibit such. Well done.
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- 04-27-23
Not As Good As the Movie
This book is very different from the movie. It has a lot less action, but you can learn a lot about the thinking of the commander. Glad I listened to it.
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- David L. Carter
- 01-07-21
More real than you can imagine....
As a retired officer who served on destroyers and submarines and also familiar with anti-submarine warfare, I attest to the wonderful genuineness of this story. It is accurate in all detail, but more, it reveals the incredible thoughts and machinations of the mind while in combat and command. This read is an experience!
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- Skeeterbait
- 12-27-20
Interesting glimpse of a WW2 convoy but tiring dialogue
I liked the interesting storyline with its historical perspective of convoys traversing dangerous U-boat infested seas but its redundant narrative in the bridge was tiring. Personalities of officers on the bridge, other than the captain, were barely developed and lowly enlisted sailors were reduced to servants with limited capabilities.
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- boblong3
- 02-09-23
CS Scores again.
Hornblower brought forward in time 150 years. Excellent description of WWII antisubmarine warfare. Hard situation in the North Atlantic.
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- Joseph E. Willis
- 02-28-24
Great book from beginning to end!
I liked so many things, and that makes it hard to just name a few. So, I will just say an all encompassing statement that it was a great book.
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- I Wonder
- 07-31-24
Little Confused
I thought I was reading the CS Forrester book but when I finished I received ads for it (The Good Shepherd “ I guess I listened to an adaptation based on the Movie????
While I enjoyed the book, wish I had selected the actual book not the movie version.
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