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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Geroux, William, author.     Subjects     Hodges family.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.     Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.     Merchant mariners -- United States -- Biography.     Brothers -- Virginia -- Mathews -- Biography.     Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.     Mathews (Va.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.     Mathews (Va.) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Geroux, William, author.       by title:      The Mathews men [lar...         MARC Display

The Mathews men [large type] : seven brothers and the war against Hitler's U-boats / William Geroux. by Geroux, William, author. Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016. Subjects Hodges family.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.   Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.   Merchant mariners -- United States -- Biography.   Brothers -- Virginia -- Mathews -- Biography.   Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.   Mathews (Va.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.   Mathews (Va.) -- Biography. ISBN:  9781410488152 (lg. print : hardcover) 1410488152 (lg. print : hardcover) Series:  Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction. Description:  615 pages (large print), 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Edition:  Large print edition. Contents:  Born to the water -- The Devil's shovel -- Missing -- Professional survivors -- "Off Hatteras the tankers Sink" -- Killing ground to battleground -- "Avoid polar bear liver" -- Catastrophe -- "Please don't tell me" -- Counterattack -- The conveyor belt -- War's end -- Legacy -- Sunk or damaged in World War II -- The Mathews men and women. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The German U-Boat war against American merchant men was deadly and dramatic--in World War II, the U.S. Merchant Marine had twice the fatality rate of the U.S. Navy. William Geroux has unearthed a fascinating tale of one small coastal town caught in the thick of the fight, and he tells it with a sharp reporter's eye and a real feel for the heroic men who went down to the sea in ships"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 940.54293 GE Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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