Cape Hatteras by Keith Warren Lloyd
During the Second World War, long-range German submarines, commonly referred to by their German name Unterseeboot, or U-boat, ranged the American coastline and placed a stranglehold on the flow of vital war supplies. The shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina were prime hunting ground for these feared sea hunters. As the war raged on, however, Allied destroyers using the newly invented sonar and radar began to hunt down and destroy the U-boats as they moved in to attack. There are six U-boats resting on the seabed near Cape Hatteras, known to mariners as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Of the 280 young German sailors who undertook these dangerous missions, only 40 survived to be taken prisoner. What might have happened if survivors from a sinking German submarine were able to land on the eastern coast of the United States?
Keith Warren Lloyd is an author and historian, a professional firefighter, and a U.S. Navy veteran. His most recent book, for The Lyons Press, The Great Desert Escape tells the true story of 25 German sailors who tunneled their way out of the Papago Park Prisoner of War Camp in Phoenix, Arizona in 1944. His first novel, Cape Hatteras, about a shipwrecked German U-boat officer landing on America's East Coast, was published in 2008. His biography of Medal of Honor recipient Frank Luke Jr., Above and Beyond was published in 2015. He has published two other historical novels. He lives in Arizona.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780595167135 |
| ISBN 10 | 0595167136 |
| Title | Cape Hatteras |
| Author | Keith Warren Lloyd |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | iUniverse |
| Year published | 2001-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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