Williwaw

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.

subjects: Sailors,  Alaska in fiction,  Storms,  Fiction in English,  World War, 1939-1945 in fiction,  Fiction,  World War, 1939-1945,  Storms in fiction,  Sailors in fiction,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Alaska, fiction,  Fiction, war & military,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Winds,  History,  American Participation,  Military participation,  American,  United States. Army. Transportation Corps,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180924

Places: Alaska,  Aleutian Islands,  Aleutian Islands (Alaska)