Goodnight, Sorry For Sinking You: The Story Of The S.S. City Of Cairo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the pitch-black waters of the South Atlantic in November 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the S.S. City of Cairo, a British merchant vessel carrying over 300 passengers and crew — and then its commander transmitted one of the most chillingly courteous messages in naval history: Goodnight, sorry for sinking you. Ralph Barker's meticulously researched account chronicles the harrowing ordeal that followed, as survivors scattered across the ocean in lifeboats, battling starvation, thirst, and despair across thousands of miles of open sea, with only a handful ultimately rescued weeks later. Barker, a distinguished chronicler of wartime drama, brings his signature narrative precision and deep empathy to bear on this extraordinary true story, weaving together survivor testimonies and historical records to illuminate the human cost of the Battle of the Atlantic. The result is a work that stands as both a gripping survival epic and a sobering meditation on the brutal, indiscriminate machinery of total war. Who among the survivors found the will to endure — and what did survival ultimately cost them?
Author: Ralph Barker
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Collins
Genre: WW2
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the pitch-black waters of the South Atlantic in November 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the S.S. City of Cairo, a British merchant vessel carrying over 300 passengers and crew — and then its commander transmitted one of the most chillingly courteous messages in naval history: Goodnight, sorry for sinking you. Ralph Barker's meticulously researched account chronicles the harrowing ordeal that followed, as survivors scattered across the ocean in lifeboats, battling starvation, thirst, and despair across thousands of miles of open sea, with only a handful ultimately rescued weeks later. Barker, a distinguished chronicler of wartime drama, brings his signature narrative precision and deep empathy to bear on this extraordinary true story, weaving together survivor testimonies and historical records to illuminate the human cost of the Battle of the Atlantic. The result is a work that stands as both a gripping survival epic and a sobering meditation on the brutal, indiscriminate machinery of total war. Who among the survivors found the will to endure — and what did survival ultimately cost them?