Mathews men : seven brothers and the war against Hitler's U-boats
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United States : Penguin Books, 2022.
ISBN
9780593511367, 0593511360
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Oak Lawn Public Library - Stacks
940.5429 GEROUX
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Published
United States : Penguin Books, 2022.
Format
Book
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391 volume : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780593511367, 0593511360

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Includes bibliographical references pages (371- 377) and index.
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Mathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenery-but it sent an unusually large concentration of sea captains to fight in World War II. The Mathews Men tells that heroic story through the experiences of one extraordinary family whose seven sons (and their neighbors), U.S. merchant mariners all, suddenly found themselves squarely in the cross-hairs of the U-boats bearing down on the coastal United States in 1942. From the late 1930s to 1945, virtually all the fuel, food and munitions that sustained the Allies in Europe traveled not via the Navy but in merchant ships. After Pearl Harbor, those unprotected ships instantly became the U-boats' prime targets. And they were easy targets-the Navy lacked the inclination or resources to defend them until the beginning of 1943. Hitler was determined that his U-boats should sink every American ship they could find, sometimes within sight of tourist beaches, and to kill as many mariners as possible, in order to frighten their shipmates into staying ashore. As the war progressed, men from Mathews sailed the North and South Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, and even the icy Barents Sea in the Arctic Circle, where they braved the dreaded Murmansk Run. Through their experiences we have eyewitnesses to every danger zone, in every kind of ship. Some died horrific deaths. Others fought to survive torpedo explosions, flaming oil slicks, storms, shark attacks, mine blasts, and harrowing lifeboat odysseys-only to ship out again on the next boat as soon as they'd returned to safety.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Geroux, W. (2022). Mathews men: seven brothers and the war against Hitler's U-boats . Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Geroux, William. 2022. Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War against Hitler's U-boats. Penguin Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Geroux, William. Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War against Hitler's U-boats Penguin Books, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Geroux, William. Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War against Hitler's U-boats Penguin Books, 2022.

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