Vi bøger
Levering: 1 - 2 hverdage
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

PT 109 - William Doyle - Bog

Bag om PT 109

The extraordinary World War II story of shipwreck and survival that paved John F. Kennedy's path to powerIn the early morning darkness of August 2, 1943, during a chaotic nighttime skirmish amid the Solomon Islands, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri barreled through thick fog and struck the U.S. Navy's motor torpedo boat PT 109, splitting the craft nearly in half and killing two American sailors instantly. The sea erupted in flames as the 109's skipper, John F. Kennedy, and the ten surviving crewmen under his command desperately clung to the sinking wreckage; 1,200 feet of ink-black, shark-infested water loomed beneath. ?All hands lost,? came the reports back to the Americans' base: no rescue was coming for the men of PT 109. Their desperate ordeal was just beginning?so too was one of the most remarkable tales of World War II, one whose astonishing afterlife would culminate two decades later in the White House.Drawing on original interviews with the last living links to the events, previously untapped Japanese wartime archives, and a wealth of archival documents from the Kennedy Library, including a lost firsthand account by JFK himself, bestselling author William Doyle has crafted a thrilling and definitive account of the sinking of PT 109 and its shipwrecked crew's heroics. Equally fascinating is the story's second act, in which Doyle explores in new detail how this extraordinary episode shaped Kennedy's character and fate, proving instrumental to achieving his presidential ambitions.

Vis mere
  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780062346599
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 368
  • Udgivet:
  • 7. juni 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 135x20x203 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 272 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025
  •  

    Kan formentlig ikke leveres inden jul

Normalpris

Medlemspris

Prøv i 30 dage for 45 kr.
Herefter fra 79 kr./md. Ingen binding.

Beskrivelse af PT 109

The extraordinary World War II story of shipwreck and survival that paved John F. Kennedy's path to powerIn the early morning darkness of August 2, 1943, during a chaotic nighttime skirmish amid the Solomon Islands, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri barreled through thick fog and struck the U.S. Navy's motor torpedo boat PT 109, splitting the craft nearly in half and killing two American sailors instantly. The sea erupted in flames as the 109's skipper, John F. Kennedy, and the ten surviving crewmen under his command desperately clung to the sinking wreckage; 1,200 feet of ink-black, shark-infested water loomed beneath. ?All hands lost,? came the reports back to the Americans' base: no rescue was coming for the men of PT 109. Their desperate ordeal was just beginning?so too was one of the most remarkable tales of World War II, one whose astonishing afterlife would culminate two decades later in the White House.Drawing on original interviews with the last living links to the events, previously untapped Japanese wartime archives, and a wealth of archival documents from the Kennedy Library, including a lost firsthand account by JFK himself, bestselling author William Doyle has crafted a thrilling and definitive account of the sinking of PT 109 and its shipwrecked crew's heroics. Equally fascinating is the story's second act, in which Doyle explores in new detail how this extraordinary episode shaped Kennedy's character and fate, proving instrumental to achieving his presidential ambitions.

Brugerbedømmelser af PT 109



Gør som tusindvis af andre bogelskere

Tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet og få gode tilbud og inspiration til din næste læsning.