So close to home : a true story of an American family's fight for survival during World War II / Michael J. Tougias and Alison O'Leary.

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    • Publication Information:
      First Pegasus Books Cloth edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: On May 19, 1942, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. Captained by twenty nine-year-old Iron Cross and King's Cross recipient Erich Wurdemann, the submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia with sixty-two souls on board. Most aboard were merchant seamen, but there were also a handful of civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina, and their two children, eight-year-old Sonny and eleven-year-old Lucille. Fast asleep in their berths, the Downs family had no idea that two torpedoes were heading their way. When the ship exploded, chaos ensued and each family member had to find their own path to survival. -- amazon.com
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    • ISBN:
      9781681771304
      1681771306
    • Accession Number:
      948520404
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.984107