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Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug Paperback - 2001
by Farley Mowat
A modern epic of the hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service. The "Foundation Franklin" ran from 1930 to 1948, rescuing sinking ships and battering towering waves in the North Atlantic.
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IN THE GREAT ship basin of Hamburg harbor, along the endless miles of docks and across the greasy waters, the atmosphere was one of desolation, accentuated by the dark winter skies and the biting North Sea winds.
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In The Grey Seas Under, Farley Mowat writes passionately of the courage of men and of the small oceangoing tug Foundation Franklin. From 1930 until her final voyage in 1948, the stalwart tug's dangerous job was to rescue sinking ships, first searching for them in perilous waters and then bringing them back to shore. Battered by towering waves, dwarfed by the great ships she towed, blasted by gale-force winds and frozen by squalls of snow and rain, Foundation Franklin and her brave crew saved hundreds of vessels and thousands of lives as they patrolled the North Atlantic, including waters patrolled by U-boats in wartime.Mowat, whom The New York Times has called "a master storyteller," gives us an epic tale - a vigorous, dramatic picture of the eternal battle between men and the cruel sea. (6 X 9, 360 pages)
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- Title Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug
- Author Farley Mowat
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 354
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Lyons Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-04-01
- ISBN 9781585742400 / 1585742406
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.91 x 1.1 in (22.61 x 15.01 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Oceania
- Library of Congress subjects Foundation Franklin (Salvage vessel), Salvage - North Atlantic Ocean
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001018639
- Dewey Decimal Code 387.550
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/01/2001, Page 226
- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2001, Page 256
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