The Captain
by De Hartog, Jan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0241912016
- ISBN 13
- 9780241912010
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Antheneum, 1966 434 pp. with maps on endpapers. WWII Northern Atlantic. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Blue cloth boards are bright and intact.. First American Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Reviews
On Oct 4 2010, Pby5dumbo said:
Reportedly they have cadets at West Point read Once an Eagle. Midshipmen should read The Captain. This novel loitered on the NYT bestseller list for about four years when I was a teenager. The story is set in the North Atlantic as a young Dutch tugboat captain learns his craft and how to shoulder the burden of command in the face of the U-boats and the horrific weather. In this first-person yarn, the captain charms us with his candor and vulnerability. We taste the food, make allowances for the idiosyncrasies of the small and close-knit crew, stand watches, haul torpedo victims out of the water, assert our national autonomy against the British convoy leaders... We feel the rage when a novice captain exposes us to death by bad rescue procedure. The narrative is constantly captivating. I re-read this book every two years or more often.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 500707
- Title
- The Captain
- Author
- De Hartog, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0241912016
- ISBN 13
- 9780241912010
- Publisher
- Antheneum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War Two;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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