1977, St. Louis Cruise Book
Author | : St. Louis (Ship : LKA-116) |
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Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1978* |
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Author | : St. Louis (Ship : LKA-116) |
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Total Pages | : 96 |
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Author | : Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CVA(N) 65) |
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Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 1977* |
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Author | : Nathaniel Whicher Pierce |
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Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1977 |
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Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Trademarks |
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Author | : Gordon Thomas |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 395 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1497658950 |
The “extraordinary” true story of the St. Louis, a German ship that, in 1939, carried Jews away from Hamburg—and into an unimaginable ordeal (The New York Times). On May 13, 1939, the luxury liner St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, one of the last ships to leave Nazi Germany before World War II erupted. Aboard were 937 Jews—some had already been in concentration camps—who believed they had bought visas to enter Cuba. The voyage of the damned had begun. Before the St. Louis was halfway across the Atlantic, a power struggle ensued between the corrupt Cuban immigration minister who issued the visas and his superior, President Bru. The outcome: The refugees would not be allowed to land in Cuba. In America, the Brown Shirts were holding Nazi rallies in Madison Square Garden; anti-Semitic Father Coughlin had an audience of fifteen million. Back in Germany, plans were being laid to implement the final solution. And aboard the St. Louis, 937 refugees awaited the decision that would determine their fate. Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan Witts have re-created history in this meticulous reconstruction of the voyage of the St. Louis. Every word of their account is true: the German High Command’s ulterior motive in granting permission for the “mission of mercy;” the confrontations between the refugees and the German crewmen; the suicide attempts among the passengers; and the attitudes of those who might have averted the catastrophe, but didn’t. In reviewing the work, the New York Times was unequivocal: “An extraordinary human document and a suspense story that is hard to put down. But it is more than that. It is a modern allegory, in which the SS St. Louis becomes a symbol of the SS Planet Earth. In this larger sense the book serves a greater purpose than mere drama.”
Author | : R.R. Bowker Company |
Publisher | : R. R. Bowker |
Total Pages | : 1920 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Reference |
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Author | : Vancouver (Ship : LPD-2) |
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Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1977* |
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Author | : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography |
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Total Pages | : 1932 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
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Total Pages | : 1196 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : American drama |
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Author | : George Hodgman |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2015-03-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0698158458 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD “A beautifully crafted memoir, rich with humor and wisdom.” —Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club “The idea of a cultured gay man leaving New York City to care for his aging mother in Paris, Missouri, is already funny, and George Hodgman reaps that humor with great charm. But then he plunges deep, examining the warm yet fraught relationship between mother and son with profound insight and understanding.” —Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself—an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook—in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living? When hell freezes over. He can’t bring himself to force her from the home both treasure—the place where his father’s voice lingers, the scene of shared jokes, skirmishes, and, behind the dusty antiques, a rarely acknowledged conflict: Betty, who speaks her mind but cannot quite reveal her heart, has never really accepted the fact that her son is gay. As these two unforgettable characters try to bring their different worlds together, Hodgman reveals the challenges of Betty’s life and his own struggle for self-respect, moving readers from their small town—crumbling but still colorful—to the star-studded corridors of Vanity Fair. Evocative of The End of Your Life Book Club and The Tender Bar, Hodgman’s New York Times bestselling debut is both an indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal son’s return.