Author: Anthony Mitchell SammarcoPublisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
ISBN: 9780752402284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Dorchester
Author: Anthony Mitchell SammarcoPublisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
ISBN: 9780752402284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
No Greater Glory
Author: Dan KurzmanPublisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812966090
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The sinking of the Dorchester in the icy waters off Greenland shortly after midnight on February 3, 1942, was one of the worst sea disasters of World War II. It was also the occasion of an astounding feat of heroism—and faith. As water gushed through a hole made by a German torpedo, four chaplains—members of different faiths but linked by bonds of friendship and devotion—moved quietly among the men onboard. Preaching bravery, the chaplains distributed life jackets, including their own. In the end, these four men went down with the ship, their arms linked in spiritual solidarity, their voices raised in prayer. In this spellbinding narrative, award-winning author and journalist Dan Kurzman tells the story of these heroes and the faith—in God and in country—that they shared. They were about as different as four American clergymen could be. George Lansing Fox (Methodist), wounded and decorated in World War I, loved his family and his Vermont congregation—yet he re-enlisted as soon as he heard about Pearl Harbor. Rabbi Alex Goode was an athlete, an intellectual, and an adoring new father—yet he too knew, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, that he would serve. Clark Poling (Dutch Reformed), the son a famous radio evangelist, left for war begging his father to pray that he would never be a coward. Father John Washington (Catholic), a scrappy Irish street fighter, had dedicated himself to the church after a childhood brush with death. Chance brought the chaplains together at a Massachusetts training camp, but each was convinced that God had a reason for placing them together aboard the Dorchester. Drawing on extensive interviews with the chaplains’ families and the crews of both the Dorchester and the German submarine that fired the fatal torpedo, Kurzman re-creates the intimate circumstances and great historic events that culminated in that terrible night. The final hours unfold with the electrifying clarity of nightmare—the chaplains taking charge of the dwindling supply of life jackets, the panic of the crew, the overcrowded lifeboats, the prayers that ring out over the chaos, and the tight circle that the four chaplains form as the inevitable draws near. In No Greater Glory, Dan Kurzman tells how four extraordinary men left their mark on a single night of war—and forever changed the lives of those they saved. Riveting and inspiring, this is a true story of heroism, of goodness in the face of disaster, and of faith that transfigures even the horror of war.
Dorchester Days
Author: Eugene RichardsPublisher: Phaidon
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A photographic portrait of small town America in the 1970s.
Acts of the General Assembly
Author: Document
Author: Boston (Mass.)Report of the City Auditor of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Boston and the County of Suffolk
Author: Boston (Mass.). Auditing DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. no.
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE
Author: Rogerson and TuxfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Danny's Tavern
Author: Dr. Tom MelvinPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 147720332X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Welcome to Danny's Tavern. There is a cast of characters that will take you back in time to a place where friends gathered and memories were made. Join Billy Flynn, the local bartender, as he spans a five decade story of a neighborhood and its cast of characters. Booker is the kind-hearted owner of Danny's Tavern. Chico is a tough seaman who has seen the rough edges of the world. Richie Quinn could have been a professional boxer, but the world needed him to make a living in the hard world of meat packing. Joe Scarletta, raised by first generation Italian parents, found his world behind the wheel of a big rig truck, always moving around the country. Casey found his home in the county lock-up as much as anywhere else, a tough troubled soul. These men found kinship in a local watering hole in Dorchester called Danny's Tavern...