First published in the United States of America by Little, Brown in 1955 under the title Good Shepherd.
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First published in the United States of America by Little, Brown in 1955 under the title Good Shepherd.
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Soon to be the major motion picture Greyhound, a WWII naval thriller of "high and glittering excitement" (New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower series
The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolfpack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For forty eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the submarines, combating exhaustion, hunger, and thirst to protect fifty million dollars' worth of cargo and the lives of three thousand men. Originally published as The Good Shepherd and acclaimed as one of the best novels of the year upon publication in 1955, this novel is a riveting classic of WWII and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories.
Critic Reviews
“"A high and glittering excitment...[Forester] has no master and few peers." - The New York Times "Nothing more exciting has been launched since Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea ." - The Guardian "C. S. Forester is the best living writer about the sea." - Time "Action, tension, tingling suspense...The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II." - Life Magazine”
"A high and glittering excitment...[Forester] has no master and few peers." -The New York Times
"Nothing more exciting has been launched since Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea." -The Guardian
"C. S. Forester is the best living writer about the sea." -Time
"Action, tension, tingling suspense...The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II." -Life Magazine
About the Author
C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899. After studying medicine, he rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. On the outbreak of World War II he worked for the British Ministry of Information in America writing propaganda. His most notable works were the twelve Horatio Hornblower books, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen. His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. He died in 1966.
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