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1955
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
C.S. Forester
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD

A Novel

by C.S. Forester

Little, Brown and Company · 2018

Peak rank

#4

Weeks on list

18

Debuted

April 1955

Chart History

#1510151955

18 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #4

Now a major motion picture Greyhound on AppleTV+, a WWII naval thriller of "high and glittering excitement" (New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower series The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolfpack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For forty eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the submarines, combating exhaustion, hunger, and thirst to protect fifty million dollars' worth of cargo and the lives of three thousand men. Acclaimed as one of the best novels of the year upon publication in 1955, The Good Shepherd is a riveting classic of WWII and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories.

All Appearances

5↑11April 17, 1955wk 2
5May 1, 1955wk 4
4↑1May 8, 1955wk 5
4May 15, 1955wk 6
4May 22, 1955wk 7
5↓1May 29, 1955wk 8
4↑1June 5, 1955wk 9
4June 12, 1955wk 10
5↓1June 19, 1955wk 11
6↓1June 26, 1955wk 12

Details

ISBN-13
9780525505938
ISBN-10
0525505938
Published
2018
Pages
274
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Categories
Fiction

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