The captain
By: by Jan de Hartog.
Edition: 1st. edition.
Publisher: Atheneum
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Description: The story of a Hollander, escaped from the Nazis, who becomes captain of a Dutch tug assigned to convoy duty on the perilous Murmansk run. Dangers of the sea are complicated for the captain by an emotional involvement with the widow of his liaison officer and also by a challenge that confronts him as he is revolted by the needless slaughter of war.