{"product_id":"all-brave-sailors-j-revell-carr-9780743238380","title":"All Brave Sailors: The Sinking of the Anglo-Saxon, August 21, 1940","description":"In the darkness before moonrise on the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast on August 21, 1940, the night erupted in a fusillade of bullets and shells. The victim was a stalwart English tramp steamer, \u003ci\u003eAnglo-Saxon, \u003c\/i\u003e part of the lifeline that was keeping besieged England supplied. The attacker was the \u003ci\u003eWidder, \u003c\/i\u003e a German surface raider, disguised as a neutral merchant ship. \u003cbr\u003e When it was near its prey, the raider unmasked its hidden armament and with overwhelming force destroyed the target ship. Only seven of the forty-one man crew of the \u003ci\u003eAnglo-Saxon\u003c\/i\u003e managed to get into a small boat and escape the raiders. Seventy days later, two of them, half dead, stumbled ashore in the Bahamas. \u003cbr\u003e The account of the sailors' ordeal -- how first the badly wounded and then the less strong died and were thrown over the side of a fragile boat that had almost no supplies -- is suspenseful and riveting. \u003cbr\u003e On the same day the two survivors reached the Bahamas, the \u003ci\u003eWidder\u003c\/i\u003e arrived off Brest, in occupied France, her murderous voyage over. Her captain, Hellmuth von Ruckteschell, who sank a staggering twenty-five ships, was eventually tried as a war criminal. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAll Brave Sailors\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of endurance, heroism, brutality, and survival under the most terrible circumstances. It fills a gap in the history of World War II, telling the story of the much neglected sailors and the ships of the merchant marine, fighting against great odds in the early days of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Revell Carr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743238389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743238380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d","brand":"J. Revell Carr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47199883231487,"sku":"9780743238380","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b321a2e-3e52-4ad5-ae7a-87bc4bdf3597.jpg?v=1756785467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/all-brave-sailors-j-revell-carr-9780743238380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}