So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II

by Michael J. Tougias

Book Overview

On May 19, 1942, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. Captained by twenty nine-year-old Iron Cross and King's Cross recipient Erich Wurdemann, the submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia with sixty-two souls on board. Most aboard were merchant seamen, but there were also a handful of civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina, and their two children, eight-year-old Sonny and eleven-year-old...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681774321
• ISBN13: 9781681774329
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"