Battle in the Arctic Seas: The Story of Convoy Pq 17 [Hardcover]

Theodore Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1976

Describes the disastrous voyage from Iceland to Russia of the supply-laden allied convoy PQ 17 during the summer of 1942.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 151 pages
• Publisher: Ty Crowell Co (October 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0690010842
• ISBN-13: 978-0690010848
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,547,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Theodore Taylor has written several award-winning books. The Cay won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and was also made into a movie.

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5.0 out of 5 stars WWII Arctic seas warfare, told from real facts and stories., January 28, 2002

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This review is from: Battle in the Arctic Seas: The Story of Convoy Pq 17 (Hardcover)

It is June 27, 1942, nearly three years after the German army invaded Poland and began a war that is now being fought all over the globe. On board a battered, rusty freighter in the bleak port of Hvalfjordur, Iceland, Ensign Howard E. Carraway surveys the dozens of cargo ships anchored nearby; their decks crammed with tanks, crated aircraft, barrels of gasoline, and other implements of war. Despite the near certainty of enemy attack and the hazards of a voyage through the brutally cold waters above the Arctic Circle, these ships will sail tomorrow in an Allied convoy bound for Russia (Convoy PQ 17). For without the supplies she so desperately needs, the Soviet Union may well collapse; German soldiers are even now camped outside Moscow. Drawing on Ensign Carraway's personal diary and on documents long buried in military files, the author recreates the story of one of the most significant episodes in World War II naval history, an event that was to have far-reaching consequences, not only for the Soviet Union but for every future convoy that would sail near enemy territory. Above all, Theodore Taylor, the author, has written a vivid and compelling account of a military disaster, and of the simple courage, intelligence, and even humor with which ordinary human beings cope with the terrible perils of war. Unique B & W watercolor prints also add another dimension to this book.