A "Dirty Dozen"/"Band of Brothers"-like account of how a tiny Honduran banana boat staffed with a colorful crew was drafted into service in World War II and heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's invasion of North Africa.
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A "Dirty Dozen"/"Band of Brothers"-like account of how a tiny Honduran banana boat staffed with a colorful crew was drafted into service in World War II and heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's invasion of North Africa.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very good In archival mylar jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. DJ now protected in archival mylar. Boards and spine tight. No apparent marks throughout this book. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0307590372. Book is clean and tight. Looks unread. SS Contessa was used as military transport to North Africa, up the Sebou River, November 1942 with a hold full of airplane fuel and tons of bombs.; 9.30 X 6.10 X 1.30 inches; 328 pages.
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New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 328 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. BOOK IS NEW
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Very good in Very good jacket. xv, [5], 328, [4] pages. Dramatis Personae. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Some page discoloration. Tim Brady is an award-winning writer whose works include Twelve Desperate Miles and A Death in San Pietro. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has written a number of PBS documentaries, and helped develop the series Liberty! The American Revolution, winner of the Peabody Award. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Twelve Desperate Miles is a surprising and entertaining account of one of the great untold stories of the war. The true story of how a rusty New Orleans banana boat staffed with a most unlikely and diverse crew was drafted into service in WWII-and heroically succeeded in setting the stage for Patton's epic invasion of North Africa. The largest amphibious invasion force ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean set sail with the aim of capturing Casablanca and a crucial airfield northeast of the city. As the invasion neared, the War Department turned up the Contessa. This unremarkable ship, crewed by seamen from twenty-six different nations, eighteen sailors pulled from the Norfolk County jail, and a French harbor pilot spirited out of Morroco by OSS agents, became the focus of the opening salvo of World War II. Too late to join the massive convoy sailing for Africa, the Contessa set out on her own through the U-boat-infested waters of the Atlantic to the shores of Morocco, where she faced her most daunting challenge: the twelve-mile voyage up the well-defended Sebou River, carrying an explosive cocktail of airplane fuel and nine hundred tons of bombs in her holds.
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