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Attacked at Sea: A True World War II Story of a Family's Fight for Survival by Alison O'Leary, Michael J. Tougias
3.0
A ship attacked — each family member must find his of her own path to survival....
What an educational book! I learned a great deal more from Attacked at Sea than I would have expected. This book focuses on just one incident that was a result of Unternehmen Pauhenschlag, or Operation Drumbeat. This was a German operation during WWII that successfully sank approximately 170 ships off the eastern coast of North America and in the Caribbean — in just four months (another nugget from history that I learned about). The deadly attack described in this book is a result of this operation. Since the style of this book is more topical, the characters do lack development; this lack of development, however, is balanced by the wealth of information learned from the plot. Also the writing can feel a bit too simple at times (too much telling and hardly any showing) but isn't that big of a deal. I was glad for the opportunity to learn some obscure history and would encourage seekers of historical adventures to read Attacked at Sea.
What an educational book! I learned a great deal more from Attacked at Sea than I would have expected. This book focuses on just one incident that was a result of Unternehmen Pauhenschlag, or Operation Drumbeat. This was a German operation during WWII that successfully sank approximately 170 ships off the eastern coast of North America and in the Caribbean — in just four months (another nugget from history that I learned about). The deadly attack described in this book is a result of this operation. Since the style of this book is more topical, the characters do lack development; this lack of development, however, is balanced by the wealth of information learned from the plot. Also the writing can feel a bit too simple at times (too much telling and hardly any showing) but isn't that big of a deal. I was glad for the opportunity to learn some obscure history and would encourage seekers of historical adventures to read Attacked at Sea.