Williwaw
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Gore Vidal.
Edition: University of Chicago Press ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands -- Fiction; World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska -- Fiction; Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- Fiction; Alaska -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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 crew and uneasy passengers even before the cruel wind that gives the book its title suddenly sweeps down from the mountains. Vividly drawn characters and a compelling murder plot combine to make Williwaw a classic war novel.
Notes: "With a new preface."