Crossing the Line
A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II
1st Edition
Published in December 2007
208 pages
978-0-300-13510-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this memoir of life aboard aircraft carriers during World War II, Alvin Kernan combines vivid recollections of his experience as a young enlisted sailor with a rich historical account of the Pacific war. Kernan served in many battles and was aboard the Hornet when it was sunk by torpedoes in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.One of the most arresting naval autobiographies yet published.Sir John KeeganAn honest story of collective courage, evocative, well-written, and fixed before the colors fade.Kirkus Reviews[Kernan] recounts a wonderful and exciting American story about a poor farm boy from Wyoming who enlisted in the Navy. . . .[He] has written eight other books. I will go back and read them all.John Lehman, Air & SpaceDetails . . . make the moment vivid, that is what it was like, on the Hornet in its last hours.Samuel Hynes, New York Times Book Review
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Haven
United States
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
20 b/w illus in gallery
20 b/w illus in gallery
ISBN-13
978-0-300-13510-7 (9780300135107)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
04/2007
Yale University Press
€17.32
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword, by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan
- Introduction, by Lawrence Stone
- Preface to TH E YALE Edition
- 1. Snow
- 2. Boots
- 3. Pearl
- 4. Cruising
- 5. Midway
- 6. Sunk
- 7. Wandering
- 8. Stateside
- 9. Black Panthers
- 10. Solo
- 11. War's End
- 12. Peace
- 13. Uncle Sugar
- Index
