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'A stupendous feat of reportage.'-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our FathersPraise for Desperate Hours'Goldstein's book is packed with detail.... This description of the Doria's sinking is especially moving.'-The New York Times'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.'-Ron Powers, cowriter, Flags of Our Fathers, and author of Dangerous Water and Tom and Huck Don't Live Here AnymoreOn 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

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Author

Richard, 1942- Goldstein

Publisher

Trade Paper Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780470238417

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Social Science, Anthropology

Updated

2026-03-24