num_pages: 320
description: C.S. Forester's name on a novel gives promise of excellent entertainment, but always something more--the development of character, the flow of history, and the stress of events. THE GOOD SHEPHERD is in this genre.A convoy is ploughing through icy, submarine-infested North Atlantic seas during the most critical days of WW II. In charge is Commander George Krause, an untested veteran of the U.S. navy. He faces 48 hours of desperate peril.
language: English
title: The Good Shepherd
titlecomplete: The Good Shepherd
genres: Adventure, Classics, Historical, World War II, Novels, War, Historical Fiction, Naval History, Fiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 8651
places: Atlantic Ocean
awards: awardedAt: -473356800000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Simon Publications