Twelve desperate miles: the epic WWII voyage of the Contessa
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Dramatis Personae
ix
Prologue: A
Good
Citizen
of Mehdia
1
Morocco,
1940
Part
і
Chapter
ι
New York, June
1942 11
Chapter
2
Airborne to London
24
Chapter
з
Incorrigible
39
Chapter
4
Claridge s
46
Chapter
j
Halifax to Belfast
55
Chapter
6
Walking the Tightrope
64
Chapter
7
D.C.
69
Chapter
8
The Apostles
76
Chapter
5»
The Hazards of Port Lyautey
84
Chapter
io
I should like to embrace you
90
Chapter
її
Snatching the Shark
94
Chapter i2 Romping
105
Part II
Chapter
13
Hollywood
117
Chapter
ią
Tangier to Gibraltar to England
124
Chapter
i j
Needs and Wants
130
Chapter i6 Meeting Gruenther
139
Chapter iy SOS
141
Chapter i8 Amphibians
149
Chapter
19
Monsieur Prechak
154
viii Contents
Chapter
20
Looking for a Ship
156
Chapter
2
1
The Pieces in Place
162
Part III
Chapter
22
Dry Dock
171
Chapter
23
Our Worst War Town
177
Chapter
24
Off to Sea
184
Chapter 2j Uncle Sam Wants You
189
Chapter
26
Convoy
194
Chapter
27
Crossing
202
Chapter
28
Je m engage et puis je vois
210
Chapter
29
Rendezvous
217
Chapter
30
Viva la
France
eternelie
227
Chapter
31
Crack it open quickly
243
Chapter
32
The Dallas Goes First
250
Chapter
33
Twelve Desperate Miles
259
Chapter
34
Armistice Day
270
Epilogue The little
Contessa
did the trick
276
Notes
285
Index
313
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