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Crossing the line : a Bluejacket's odyssey in World War II / / Alvin Kernan ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan ; introduction by Lawrence Stone



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Autore: Kernan Alvin B Visualizza persona
Titolo: Crossing the line : a Bluejacket's odyssey in World War II / / Alvin Kernan ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan ; introduction by Lawrence Stone Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, 2007
Edizione: 1st Yale University Press ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54/5973092
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Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945
Sailors - United States
Note generali: Originally published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1994.
Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- Introduction -- PREFACE TO THE YALE EDITION -- ONE.Snow -- TWO.Boots -- Three. Pearl -- Four. Cruising -- FIVE.Midway -- SIX.Sunk -- SEVEN.Wandering -- Eight. Stateside -- Nine. Black Panthers -- Ten. Solo -- Eleven .War's End -- Twelve .Peace -- Thirteen. Uncle Sugar -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: In this memoir of life aboard aircraft carriers during World War II, Alvin Kernan combines vivid recollections of his experience as a young enlisted sailor with a rich historical account of the Pacific war. Kernan served in many battles and was aboard the Hornet when it was sunk by torpedoes in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands."One of the most arresting naval autobiographies yet published."-Sir John Keegan"An honest story of collective courage, evocative, well-written, and fixed before the colors fade."-Kirkus Reviews"[Kernan] recounts a wonderful and exciting American story about a poor farm boy from Wyoming who enlisted in the Navy. . . .[He] has written eight other books. I will go back and read them all."-John Lehman, Air & Space"Details . . . make the moment vivid; that is what it was like, on the Hornet in its last hours."-Samuel Hynes, New York Times Book Review
Titolo autorizzato: Crossing the Line  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-73454-3
9786611734541
0-300-13510-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820444103321
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Serie: Yale library of military history.