Desperate Hours: The Epic Story of the Rescue of the Andrea Doria
"A stupendous feat of reportage." Praise for Desperate Hours "Goldstein?s book is packed with detail. . . . This description of the Doria?s sinking is especially moving." "A stupendous feat of reportage. Goldstein has virtually put us into lifeboats and sent us hurtling into the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956." On an extraordinary summer?s night in 1956, in a fog off Nantucket, the world-renowned ocean liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm and, eleven hours later, tragically sank. But in that brief time the Doria became, after the Titanic, the most storied vessel of the century, as nearly 1,700 people were saved in an unforgettable rescue punctuated by countless acts of heroism amid confusion, terror, and even cowardice. In the tradition of Walter Lord?s A Night To Remember, Desperate Hours re-creates the ill-fated voyage, from the passengers? parting waves at Genoa, to their last evening highball in the Doria?s lavish lounge, to the unbelievable realization that catastrophe was imminent. Richard Goldstein draws from dozens of interviews, court documents, memoirs, and reports that relate never-before-told stories. He also presents technical findings that shed light on the blame for the disaster. The result is a definitive history of a fateful day, a legendary liner, and a deadly shipwreck now considered by scuba divers to be the Mount Everest of the deep.
?Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers
?The New York Times
?Ron Powers, cowriter, Flags of Our Fathers, and author of Dangerous Water and Tom and Huck Don?t Live Here Anymore
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Recent Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-20-2009
- Radar assisted collision.
I think the author reviewed the accidental collision and sinking well. I also think he was fair to all parties in the accident. The Italians made a wrong turn and were going too fast. The Swedish ship was in the wrong lane and her...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-14-2008
- Lacks objectivity.
One gets the clear impression from reading this book that the author is lacking the resolve to come out and say what he thinks.In 1956, two passenger ships collided some miles off New York. One, the Stockholm, was in the hands of the...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-07-2006
- A touching account
Desperate Hours-A touching accountI really enjoyed reading the human accounts of this book. Mr. Goldstein delves into the uplifting and the demoralizing experiences of survivors. Being one of them, I relate to much of what he describes....
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-08-2006
- Focus On The Human Side Of Nautical Disaster
There are several excellent books on the sinking of the "Andrea Doria," and I have read most if not all of them. I like this book because of the slightly different focus the author puts on the story. Most books focus on the...
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Selected Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-20-2009
- Radar assisted collision.
I think the author reviewed the accidental collision and sinking well. I also think he was fair to all parties in the accident. The Italians made a wrong turn and were going too fast. The Swedish ship was in the wrong lane and her...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-14-2008
- Lacks objectivity.
One gets the clear impression from reading this book that the author is lacking the resolve to come out and say what he thinks.In 1956, two passenger ships collided some miles off New York. One, the Stockholm, was in the hands of the...
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