Title The Mathews men : seven brothers and the war against Hitler's U-boats / William Geroux.

Publication Info.	Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
	©2016

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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	LP 940.5429 GEROUX	Check Shelf
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Edition	Large print edition.
Description	615 pages (large print), [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Physical Medium	large print rda
Series	Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
	Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction.
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.
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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [601]-612)
Subject	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.
	Hodges family.
	Brothers -- Virginia -- Mathews -- Biography.
	Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
	Mathews (Va.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
	Mathews (Va.) -- Biography.
	Large type books.
	HISTORY / Military / World War II.
	Hodges family. (OCoLC)fst00215660
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	Brothers. (OCoLC)fst00839665
	Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
	Merchant mariners. (OCoLC)fst01017001
	Military operations, Naval -- German. (OCoLC)fst01710247
	Military operations, Naval -- Submarine. (OCoLC)fst01710248
	Submarines (Ships) (OCoLC)fst01136645
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	United States -- Atlantic Coast. (OCoLC)fst01240719
	Virginia -- Mathews. (OCoLC)fst01248621
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Naval history. (OCoLC)fst01411632
ISBN	9781410488152 (hardcover)
	1410488152 (hardcover)

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