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Two Survived: The Timeless WWII Epic of Seventy Days at Sea in an Open Boat
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Two Survived: The Timeless WWII Epic of Seventy Days at Sea in an Open Boat Paperback - 2008

by Guy Jones

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On August 21, 1940, a Nazi raider torpedoed the British merchantman Anglo-Saxon and machine-gunned the survivors as they tried to escape in their lifeboats. One little boat escaped with seven men. Five of them perished, but Robert Tapscott and Wilbert Widdicombe endured for seventy full days and 2,300 miles to landfall on the other side of the Atlantic.

This is the incredible account of their ordeal, one of the most thrilling stories of the sea ever written--and one that almost never came to light. "It has seldom happened," writes William McFee in the introduction, "that a narrative so circumstantial, so entirely stripped of all humbug and false sentiment, has come out of the depths of the sea, to inspire us with admiration for human valor."

In the tradition of the Shackleton adventure and Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea, Two Survived is an unforgettable true story of survival against the very longest odds.

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On August 21, 1940, a Nazi raider torpedoed the British merchantman Anglo-Saxon and machine-gunned the survivors as they tried to escape in their lifeboats. One little boat escaped with seven men. Five of them perished, but Robert Tapscott and Wilbert Widdicombe endured for seventy full days and 2,300 miles to landfall on the other side of the Atlantic. This is the incredible account of their ordeal, one of the most thrilling stories of the sea ever written--and one that almost never came to light. In the tradition of Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea and the Shackleton adventure, Two Survived is an unforgettable true story of survival against the very longest odds.

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  • Title Two Survived: The Timeless WWII Epic of Seventy Days at Sea in an Open Boat
  • Author Guy Jones
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lyons Press, Guilford, CT
  • Publication date 2008-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781599214306 / 159921430X
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects Tapscott, Robert, Widdicombe, Roy
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Guy Pearce Jones was the editor-in-chief of the North American Newspaper Alliance and coauthor of Peabody's Mermaid and There Was a Little Man.

William McFee wrote several classics of the sea, including Harbourmaster and Casuals of the Sea.

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