Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the Andrea Doria

Goldstein, Richard

ISBN 10: 0471423521 / ISBN 13: 9780471423522

Published by Wiley, NY, 2003

About this Item

294 pp., with b&w photos, index. Nearly new, slight bend of text block. No markings, publication card laid in. An account of the Andrea Doria rescue off Nantucket in 1956. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 002576

Bibliographic Details

Title: Desperate Hours: The Epic Rescue of the ...

Publisher: Wiley, NY

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Trade Paperback

Book Condition: Very Good +

Edition: 2nd Printing.

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Synopsis:

A stupendous feat of reportage.
-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers

Praise for Desperate Hours

""Goldstein's book is packed with detail. . . . This description of the Doria's sinking is especially moving.""
-The New York Times

""A stupendous feat of reportage. Goldstein has virtually put us into lifeboats and sent us hurtling into the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956.""
-Ron Powers, cowriter, Flags of Our Fathers, and author of Dangerous Water and Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore

On an extraordinary summer's night in 1956, in a fog off Nantucket, the world-renowned ocean liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm and, eleven hours later, tragically sank. But in that brief time the Doria became, after the Titanic, the most storied vessel of the century, as nearly 1,700 people were saved in an unforgettable rescue punctuated by countless acts of heroism amid confusion, terror, and even cowardice.

In the tradition of Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, Desperate Hours re-creates the ill-fated voyage, from the passengers' parting waves at Genoa, to their last evening highball in the Doria's lavish lounge, to the unbelievable realization that catastrophe was imminent. Richard Goldstein draws from dozens of interviews, court documents, memoirs, and reports that relate never-before-told stories. He also presents technical findings that shed light on the blame for the disaster. The result is a definitive history of a fateful day, a legendary liner, and a deadly shipwreck now considered by scuba divers to be the Mount Everest of the deep.

From the Publisher:

"Stupendous...Goldstein has virtually put us into lifeboats and sent us into the North Atlantic..." --Ron Powers, Co-writer, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS