{"product_id":"the-ss-city-of-flint-9781476685366","title":"The SS City of Flint","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In Europe, World War II was four months old by Christmas 1939. The \u003ci\u003eCity of Flint\u003c\/i\u003e, an American freighter, had been instrumental in rescuing 1200 passengers from a torpedoed ocean liner, making headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. She was captured by a Nazi warship and sent towards a German port, rigged with explosives to ensure the British Navy would not capture it. Norwegian soldiers liberated the ship--by then even Hitler knew her name. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Christmas 1942 saw the \u003ci\u003eCity of Flint\u003c\/i\u003e in New York with other freighters loading for North Africa. Allied codes had been cracked and the convoy was expected by a group of U-Boats. Secretly carrying poison gas as part of her cargo, she was torpedoed and exploded on January 25, 1943.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Eleven survivors in her fourth lifeboat fought mountainous seas, sharks and hunger. One went mad and walked overboard. The others survived 46 days before rescue. Eyewitness accounts, war diaries and archival sources bring this untold \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Personalities\u003cbr\u003eThe Ships\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eSection I—The Beginning\u003cbr\u003e1. Preparations\u003cbr\u003e2. A Helping Hand\u003cbr\u003eSection II—The Prize\u003cbr\u003e3. Trapped\u003cbr\u003e4. Politics of Neutrality\u003cbr\u003e5. Americans in Communist Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e6. Back to Norway\u003cbr\u003e7. The Chase\u003cbr\u003e8. Turning Point\u003cbr\u003e9. Pawn\u003cbr\u003e10. Cargo\u003cbr\u003e11. Going Home\u003cbr\u003eSection III—Convoys\u003cbr\u003e12. Convoy—to Murmansk\u003cbr\u003e13. Basra\u003cbr\u003eSection IV—Torpedoed\u003cbr\u003e14. The Prey\u003cbr\u003e15. The Target\u003cbr\u003eSection V—Postscript\u003cbr\u003e16. Still Waters Once Again\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: The Prize Command\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: City of Flint Crew in Norway, 1939\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: City of Flint Crew at Murmansk in 1942\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 4: City of Flint Crew at Persian Gulf in 1942\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 5: City of Flint Crew on the Final Convoy, January 1943\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040493896023,"sku":"9781476685366","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476685366.jpg?v=1750946923","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ss-city-of-flint-9781476685366","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}