Joseph Bryan Icenhower (1913–1994)
Autor(a) de The First Book of the Antarctic
About the Author
Obras de Joseph Bryan Icenhower
Tecumseh and the Indian Confederation, 1811-1813: The Indian Nations East of the Mississippi Are Defeated (A Focus… (1975) 6 cópias
The Panay incident, December 12, 1937;: The sinking of an American gunboat worsens U.S.-Japanese relations, (A Focus… (1971) 3 cópias
Perry and the open door to Japan;: An American commander ends centuries of Japanese isolation, (A World focus book) (1973) 2 cópias
The First Book of Submarines 2 cópias
The First Book of the Antarctic 2 cópias
The First Book of Aircraft Carriers 1 exemplar(es)
The First Book of the Antarctic 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1913-03-13
- Data de falecimento
- 1994-04-07
- Local de enterro
- United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
- Educação
- United States Naval Academy
- Ocupação
- Rear admiral, USN
- Premiações
- Navy Cross
Silver Star
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 18
- Membros
- 157
- Popularidade
- #133,743
- Avaliação
- 3.2
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 16
- Idiomas
- 1
"Take her down!"
This quietly spoken command sets in motion the whole complicated process of diving a submarine, described in this book by an officer of the United States Navy who has seen many years of submarine service.
Readers will live with the author through some tense moments—groping in the dark for sight or sound of enemy destroyers, waiting for depth charges that may destroy the boat, escaping from a sunken submarine.
Included also is the fascinating story of submarine invention, operation, and warfare, from the time a leather-covered rowboat sailed under water down the Thames river, to the launching of the first atomic submarine.
Mildred Waltrip's two-color pictures help to make this an exciting, easily understood book about the "silent service" that protects our seas."… (mais)