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037 11626055|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com
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099 eAudiobook hoopla
100 1 Tougias, Michael J.,|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.
250 Unabridged.
264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Audio :|bMade available
through hoopla,|c2016.
300 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 40 min.)) :
|bdigital.
336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent
337 audio|bs|2rdamedia
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 other|bsz|2rdacarrier
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506 Digital content provided by hoopla.
511 0 Read by Elijah Alexander.
520 A true story of men and women pitted against the sea
during World War II?and an unforgettable portrait of the
determination of the human spirit. On May 19, 1942, a U-
boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles
away from New Orleans. Captained by twenty-nine-year-old
Iron Cross recipient Erich WŁ¾rdemann, the submarine set
its sights on the freighter Heredia with fifty-nine souls
on board. Most of the crew were merchant seamen, but there
were also a handful of civilians, including the Downs
family, consisting of the parents, Ray Sr. and Ina, along
with their two children, eight-year-old Ray Jr., nicknamed
"Sonny," and eleven-year-old Lucille. Fast asleep in their
berths, the Downs family had no notice that two torpedoes
were heading their way. When the ship exploded, Ina and
Lucille became separated from Ray Sr. and Sonny.An
inspiring historical narrative, So Close to Home tells the
story of the Downs family as they struggle against sharks,
hypothermia, drowning, and dehydration in their effort to
survive the aftermath of this deadly attack off the
American coast.
538 Mode of access: World Wide Web.
600 30 Downs family.
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.
700 1 O'Leary, Alison,|eauthor.
700 1 Alexander, Elijah,|enarrator.
710 2 hoopla digital.
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