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No greater glory : the four immortal chaplains and the sinking of the Dorchester in World War II Cover Image Book

No greater glory : the four immortal chaplains and the sinking of the Dorchester in World War II / Dan Kurzman.

Kurzman, Dan. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0375508775
  • ISBN: 9780375508776
  • Physical Description: xvi, 250 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2004]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The suicide ship -- A rare kind of love -- Cold chills and a cake of ice -- An odd foursome -- Poor old George -- Blessing the bored -- The prophet and the prize -- En route to a safe place -- The poet and the carpet sweeper -- Running the gauntlet -- The wind and the warning -- God and the eight ball -- Too late for coffee -- Countdown to hypothermia -- The pen and the penniless -- A deadly decision -- Fulfilling destiny -- In search of buttered pancakes -- Plucked from a festive graveyard -- The risk of being human -- The bootlaces of sublimity.

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Fox, George Lansing, 1900-1943.
Poling, Clark Vandersall, 1910-1943.
Washington, John P. (John Patrick), 1908-1943.
Goode, Alexander D. (Alexander David), 1911-1943.
Dorchester (Ship)
Military chaplains > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Chaplains > United States > Biography.
Simmons, Stuart Michael > Honorarium.
Simmons, Martha, Donor.
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Biographies.

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