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Williwaw is the debut novel of Gore Vidal, written when he was 19 and first mate of a U.S. Army supply ship stationed in the Aleutian Islands. The story combines war drama, maritime adventure and a murder plot.
- Gore Vidal
- 1946
Williwaw (1946) is Gore Vidal’s first novel, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the US Army during World War II. It is a harrowing tale of survival, isolation, and desperation among the crew of a US Army ship on the treacherous waters of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Their charge is to transport an Army Major, a Chaplain, and ...
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A gripping tale of men struggling against nature and themselves, Williwaw was Gore Vidal's first novel, written at nineteen when he was first mate of the U.S. Army freight supply ship stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Here he writes of a ship caught plying the lethal, frigid Arctic waters during storm season. Tensions run high among the edgy ...
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- Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
- Williwaw: A Novel
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Williwaw : a novel by Vidal, Gore, 1925-Publication date 1946 Publisher New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; trent_university; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. 222 p. ; 21 cm Access-restricte ...
Story of a Ship and Its Crew. "Williwaw" is the story of a ship and its crew and a storm. The ship was an Army F-S boat and its crew were soldiers worn to a frazzle by the...
A gripping tale of men struggling against nature and themselves, Williwaw was Gore Vidal’s first novel, written at nineteen when he was first mate of the U.S. Army freight supply ship stationed in the Aleutian Islands.
