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The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI

text The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI

Summary

Traces the story of the legendary USS Leviathan, a German luxury liner seized by the U.S. Navy and converted into an armed troop carrier that transported thousands of American forces to Europe after the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917.

Contents
Trapped in New York -- You will never run her -- Monster of the deep -- Dead in the water -- Missed rendezvous -- A new skipper -- Steaming for Rendezvous A -- The orphans of brest -- POWs and icebergs -- Lost in the fog -- Blitzkatarrh, or, Fland... Read more
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Description
x, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 940.4 HER in Adult Non-fiction Available

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