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In the bestselling tradition of
Indianapolis
and
In Harm’s Way
comes a “captivating...gripping” (
Kirkus Reviews
, starred review) account of the USS
Plunkett
—a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.
“A reflection on the nature of storytelling itself” (
The Wall Street Journal
),
Unsinkable
traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to
Plunkett’s
defining moment at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what
had. After a three-month overhaul and with a reputation rising as the “fightin’est ship” in the Navy,
(DD-431) plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and again into battle during the invasion of Southern France—perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theatre.
Featuring five incredibly brave men—the indomitable skipper, who will receive the Navy Cross; the gunnery officer, who bucks the captain every step of the way to Anzio; a first lieutenant, who’s desperate to get off the ship and into the Pacific; a seventeen-year-old water tender, who’s trying to hold onto his hometown girl against all odds, and another water tender, who mans a 20mm gun when under aerial assault—the dramatic story of each plays out on the decks of the
as the ship’s story escalates on the stage of the Mediterranean. Based on Navy logs, war diaries, action reports, letters, journals, memoirs, and dozens of interviews with the men who were on the ship and their families,
is a timeless evocation of young men stepping up to the defining experience of their lives. “If you were moved by Norman Maclean’s
A River Runs Through It
, by William Kent Krueger’s
This Tender Land
...by the values we hold dear,
decency, sacrifice, steadfastness
, then
will take you to a place long dead in your soul, and flood it with light” (Doug Stanton, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
Horse Soldiers
).
Indianapolis
and
In Harm’s Way
comes a “captivating...gripping” (
Kirkus Reviews
, starred review) account of the USS
Plunkett
—a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.
“A reflection on the nature of storytelling itself” (
The Wall Street Journal
),
Unsinkable
traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to
Plunkett’s
defining moment at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what
had. After a three-month overhaul and with a reputation rising as the “fightin’est ship” in the Navy,
(DD-431) plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and again into battle during the invasion of Southern France—perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theatre.
Featuring five incredibly brave men—the indomitable skipper, who will receive the Navy Cross; the gunnery officer, who bucks the captain every step of the way to Anzio; a first lieutenant, who’s desperate to get off the ship and into the Pacific; a seventeen-year-old water tender, who’s trying to hold onto his hometown girl against all odds, and another water tender, who mans a 20mm gun when under aerial assault—the dramatic story of each plays out on the decks of the
as the ship’s story escalates on the stage of the Mediterranean. Based on Navy logs, war diaries, action reports, letters, journals, memoirs, and dozens of interviews with the men who were on the ship and their families,
is a timeless evocation of young men stepping up to the defining experience of their lives. “If you were moved by Norman Maclean’s
A River Runs Through It
, by William Kent Krueger’s
This Tender Land
...by the values we hold dear,
decency, sacrifice, steadfastness
, then
will take you to a place long dead in your soul, and flood it with light” (Doug Stanton, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
Horse Soldiers
).
In the bestselling tradition of
Indianapolis
and
In Harm’s Way
comes a “captivating...gripping” (
Kirkus Reviews
, starred review) account of the USS
Plunkett
—a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.
“A reflection on the nature of storytelling itself” (
The Wall Street Journal
),
Unsinkable
traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to
Plunkett’s
defining moment at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what
had. After a three-month overhaul and with a reputation rising as the “fightin’est ship” in the Navy,
(DD-431) plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and again into battle during the invasion of Southern France—perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theatre.
Featuring five incredibly brave men—the indomitable skipper, who will receive the Navy Cross; the gunnery officer, who bucks the captain every step of the way to Anzio; a first lieutenant, who’s desperate to get off the ship and into the Pacific; a seventeen-year-old water tender, who’s trying to hold onto his hometown girl against all odds, and another water tender, who mans a 20mm gun when under aerial assault—the dramatic story of each plays out on the decks of the
as the ship’s story escalates on the stage of the Mediterranean. Based on Navy logs, war diaries, action reports, letters, journals, memoirs, and dozens of interviews with the men who were on the ship and their families,
is a timeless evocation of young men stepping up to the defining experience of their lives. “If you were moved by Norman Maclean’s
A River Runs Through It
, by William Kent Krueger’s
This Tender Land
...by the values we hold dear,
decency, sacrifice, steadfastness
, then
will take you to a place long dead in your soul, and flood it with light” (Doug Stanton, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
Horse Soldiers
).
Indianapolis
and
In Harm’s Way
comes a “captivating...gripping” (
Kirkus Reviews
, starred review) account of the USS
Plunkett
—a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.
“A reflection on the nature of storytelling itself” (
The Wall Street Journal
),
Unsinkable
traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to
Plunkett’s
defining moment at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what
had. After a three-month overhaul and with a reputation rising as the “fightin’est ship” in the Navy,
(DD-431) plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and again into battle during the invasion of Southern France—perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theatre.
Featuring five incredibly brave men—the indomitable skipper, who will receive the Navy Cross; the gunnery officer, who bucks the captain every step of the way to Anzio; a first lieutenant, who’s desperate to get off the ship and into the Pacific; a seventeen-year-old water tender, who’s trying to hold onto his hometown girl against all odds, and another water tender, who mans a 20mm gun when under aerial assault—the dramatic story of each plays out on the decks of the
as the ship’s story escalates on the stage of the Mediterranean. Based on Navy logs, war diaries, action reports, letters, journals, memoirs, and dozens of interviews with the men who were on the ship and their families,
is a timeless evocation of young men stepping up to the defining experience of their lives. “If you were moved by Norman Maclean’s
A River Runs Through It
, by William Kent Krueger’s
This Tender Land
...by the values we hold dear,
decency, sacrifice, steadfastness
, then
will take you to a place long dead in your soul, and flood it with light” (Doug Stanton, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
Horse Soldiers
).
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