《no greater glory》是2005年Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Dan Kurzman。
基本介紹
- 書名：no greater glory
- 作者：Dan Kurzman
- 出版社：Random House US
- 出版時間：2005年
- ISBN：9780812966091
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
The sinking of the Dorchester in the icy waters offGreenland shortly after midnight on February 3, 1942, was one ofthe worst sea disasters of World War II. It was also the occasionof an astounding feat of heroism—and faith.As water gushed through a hole made by a German torpedo, fourchaplains—members of different faiths but linked by bonds offriendship and devotion—moved quietly among the men onboard.Preaching bravery, the chaplains distributed life jackets,including their own. In the end, these four men went down with theship, their arms linked in spiritual solidarity, their voicesraised in prayer. In this spellbinding narrative, award-winningauthor and journalist Dan Kurzman tells the story of these heroesand the faith—in God and in country—that they shared.They were about as different as four American clergymen could be.George Lansing Fox (Methodist), wounded and decorated in World WarI, loved his family and his Vermont congregation—yet he re-enlistedas soon as he heard about Pearl Harbor. Rabbi Alex Goode was anathlete, an intellectual, and an adoring new father—yet he tooknew, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, that he would serve. ClarkPoling (Dutch Reformed), the son a famous radio evangelist, leftfor war begging his father to pray that he would never be a coward.Father John Washington (Catholic), a scrappy Irish street fighter,had dedicated himself to the church after a childhood brush withdeath. Chance brought the chaplains together at a Massachusettstraining camp, but each was convinced that God had a reason forplacing them together aboard the Dorchester.Drawing on extensive interviews with the chaplains’ families andthe crews of both the Dorchester and the German submarinethat fired the fatal torpedo, Kurzman re-creates the intimatecircumstances and great historic events that culminated in thatterrible night. The final hours unfold with the electrifyingclarity of nightmare—the chaplains taking charge of the dwindlingsupply of life jackets, the panic of the crew, the overcrowdedlifeboats, the prayers that ring out over the chaos, and the tightcircle that the four chaplains form as the inevitable drawsnear.In No Greater Glory, Dan Kurzman tells how fourextraordinary men left their mark on a single night of war—andforever changed the lives of those they saved. Riveting andinspiring, this is a true story of heroism, of goodness in the faceof disaster, and of faith that transfigures even the horror ofwar.From the Hardcover edition.
作者簡介
DAN KURZMAN, a former foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, is the author of fifteen previous books and the winner of five major literary and journalistic awards. His books include Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis; Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau; and Genesis 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War. He lives in North Bergen, New Jersey.From the Hardcover edition.
