Miracles On The Water: The Attack On The SS City Of Benares hardcover english - 08 Mar 2006
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| Publisher | Hachette Books |
| ISBN 13 | 9781401301507 |
| Author | Tom Nagorski |
| Language | English |
| Book Subtitle | The Heroic Survivors Of A World War II U-Boat Attack |
| Book Description | An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit. On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their boys and girls away from Great Britain to escape the ravages of World War II. They were considered lucky, headed for quiet, peaceful, and relatively bountiful Canada. The Benares sank in half an hour, in a gale that sent several of her lifeboats pitching into the frigid sea. They were more than five hundred miles from land, three hundred miles from the nearest rescue vessel. Miracles on the Water tells the astonishing story of the survivors--not one of whom had any reasonable hope of rescue as the ship went down. The initial "miracle" involves one British destroyer's race to the scene, against time and against the elements; the second is the story of Lifeboat 12, missed by the destroyer and left out on the water, 46 people jammed in a craft built and stocked for 30. Those people lasted eight days on little food and tiny rations of drinking water. The survivors have grappled ever since with questions about the ordeal: Should the Benares have been better protected? How and why did they persevere? What role did faith and providence play in the outcome? Based on first-hand accounts from the child survivors and other passengers, including the author's great-uncle, Miracles on the Water brings us the story of the attack on the Benares and the extraordinary events that followed. |
| About the Author | Tom Nagorski is senior broadcast producer for ABC's World News Tonight. He was the ABC News producer in Berlin and Moscow and has won six Emmy Awards and a duPont Award for excellence in international coverage. He is also the recipient of a Henry Luce Foundation fellowship. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. |
| Publication Date | 08 Mar 2006 |
| Number of Pages | 345 |
Miracles On The Water: The Attack On The SS City Of Benares hardcover english - 08 Mar 2006
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