WHAT CARES THE SEA by KENNETH COOKE 1960 1st EDITION HARDCOVER WW2 NAVAL

 1960 - 1st Edition. - 168 pages -  >>>  This account of ordeal by sea in World War II swells the ever-growing list of ""lifeboat genre"" books on the maritime literary scene. Yet stories such as this are so poignant, so filled with the incredible endurance and stubborn valor of human beings, they will always be given respectful reading. This one is well told and recounts fifty days on a raft in the Atlantic after sinking of S.S. Lulworth by German torpedoes. Fourteen men including the author headed the raft for land. But sun, starvation, sharks and madness took their toll. When a warship reaches the raft nearly two months later, only two men are left. And one of these dies shortly after returning to England. Heart-breaking, yet infused with the author's own strength, and made very readable by his sense of character in describing his ill-fated companions. (Kirkus)   * Survival * Sea Disasters * World War II * Biography * 

ref1989