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100 1  Tougias, Mike,|d1955-|eauthor. 
245 10 So close to home :|ba true story of an American family's 
       fight for survival during World War II /|cMichael J. 
       Tougias and Alison O'Leary. 
246 30 True story of an American family's fight for survival 
       during World War II 
250    First Pegasus Books cloth edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPegasus Books,|c2016. 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    xi, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Maps on lining papers. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228). 
505 0  A tired old workhorse -- Ina and the South American 
       venture -- Admiral Dönitz and his Grey Wolves -- Harro 
       Schacht and U-507 -- The Grey Wolves and the Mississippi -
       - Moving ever closer -- Denied a safe port -- An uneasy 
       feeling -- Torpedoes in the night -- The raft -- A most 
       hopeless night -- Dawn -- Desperation -- Running out of 
       time -- The shrimp boat and a surprise -- Ina -- Lucille -
       - Triumphant return to Lorient -- Morgan City and the 
       hospital -- The Laconia: a sinking and a rescue -- Spies, 
       duty, and the turning of the battle tide -- Passages so 
       far from home -- Sonny. 
520    "On May 19, 1942, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked 
       its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. Captained by twenty
       nine-year-old Iron Cross and King's Cross recipient Erich 
       Wurdemann, the submarine set its sights on the freighter 
       Heredia with sixty-two souls on board. Most aboard were 
       merchant seamen, but there were also a handful of 
       civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina, and 
       their two children, eight-year-old Sonny and eleven-year-
       old Lucille. Fast asleep in their berths, the Downs family
       had no idea that two torpedoes were heading their way. 
       When the ship exploded, chaos ensued--and each family 
       member had to find their own path to survival." --
       |cProvided by publisher. 
600 30 Downs family. 
600 37 Downs family.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00217234 
611 27 World War (1939-1945)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01180924 
648  7 1939-1945|2fast 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xNaval operations|xSubmarine. 
650  0 Shipwreck survival|zMexico, Gulf of. 
650  0 Survival at sea|zMexico, Gulf of. 
650  7 Military operations, Naval|xSubmarine.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01710248 
650  7 Shipwreck survival.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01761960 
650  7 Survival at sea.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01761961 
651  7 Gulf of Mexico.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01239980 
700 1  O'Leary, Alison,|eauthor. 
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