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Rockwell Terry is a career naval captain who has served since WWI. Now is the dawn of another world war as his ship patrols outside Pearl Harbor. He leads a sheltered life, goes nowhere and sees no one. With the outbreak of the war, his past begins to emerge. This book was the basis for the 1965 Otto Preminger film IN HARM'S WAY featuring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Dana Andrews, Patricia Neal, Henry Fonda and others. Bassett served on the staff of Rear Admiral "Bull" Halsey, and later managed three of Richard Nixon's political campaigns. The book examines critically and at close quarters the U.S. Navy he knew well from his own experiences - having achieved captain's rank and been awarded a Bronze Star for his services.… (más)
Anyone who knows me well, knows "In Harms Way" is my favorite movie. I tracked down a copy of this book years ago through a second hand bookseller. The book is different than the movie and I like both equally. The Rock Torrey of the book is not John Wayne, but the story never fails to draw me in. After moving to Hawaii last year I read this one yet again. It now has a new layer of "interesting" as I get the subtle references overlooked previously and have seen the locations first hand. ( )
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For my wife, Willie, who lived through all these things, and who loved Admiral Bill Halsey as much as I did.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Framed by the open weather door of his cabin, where he stood peering through the obscure dawn toward Oahu's invisible shoreline, Captain Rockwell Torrey, USN, was not unlike the ship he commanded: tall, spare, angular, and plainly fabricated out of some hard gray substance that armored both man and cruiser against the weapons of a hostile world.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
I whish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way ... - John Paul Jones, USN
No captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy - Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, RN
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Rockwell Terry is a career naval captain who has served since WWI. Now is the dawn of another world war as his ship patrols outside Pearl Harbor. He leads a sheltered life, goes nowhere and sees no one. With the outbreak of the war, his past begins to emerge. This book was the basis for the 1965 Otto Preminger film IN HARM'S WAY featuring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Dana Andrews, Patricia Neal, Henry Fonda and others. Bassett served on the staff of Rear Admiral "Bull" Halsey, and later managed three of Richard Nixon's political campaigns. The book examines critically and at close quarters the U.S. Navy he knew well from his own experiences - having achieved captain's rank and been awarded a Bronze Star for his services.
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