The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard
In 1936 in Hamburg, a splendid three-masted sailing ship was christened Horst Wessel in the presence of Adolf Hitler and thousands of cheering Nazis. It became a training vessel for naval officers during World War II. After Germany's defeat, the U.S. Coast Guard found its young crew terrified and half starved. The Coast Guardsmen brought the Germans, so recently their mortal enemies, back to life; the Germans, in return, taught them the ways of the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0395983673
ISBN13:9780395983676
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin
Length:250 Pages
Weight:1.24 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
naval history lesson clearly told
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
In San Francisco last year, we saw this Coast Guard ship, staffed by young seamen, and purchased the book to learn of the German and American history of the craft. Writer is well informed, the story is apparently expertly researched, and it reads like fiction (which it is not). Drumm is a good author.
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