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1 de feb. de 2016 · Williwaws, or katabatic winds, aren’t just for cold places like Alaska. The Santa Ana winds that sweep over Southern California are also williwaws, albeit dry ones. The Santa Ana williwaw is created by dry, compressed air coming down off of the mountain ranges and hitting the sea. These winds are known to spread wildfires, which is a serious ...
Williwaw stands on it's own as a sea novel in the tradition not of Conrad, but of Steven Crane (as Vidal himself acknowledges). The story concerns members of the crew of an Army freighter in Aleutians at the close of the WWII.
Williwaw! Tom Bodett. Alfred A. Knopf, $17.99 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-679-99030-7. When 13-year-old September and her younger brother, Ivan, are left alone in their Alaskan cabin, disaster is sure to ...
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Williwaw first published in 1946, is the notable first novel of a young Gore Vidal, who during World War II was a first mate of a supply ship stationed in the Aleutian Islands. The story revolves around the small ship and her crew as they battle both the elements in the Bering Sea and the mounting tensions between some of the crew members. An intense wind—williwaw—strikes the ship ...
Williwaw stands on it's own as a sea novel in the tradition not of Conrad, but of Steven Crane (as Vidal himself acknowledges). The story concerns members of the crew of an Army freighter in Aleutians at the close of the WWII. Lonely, disparate, ...
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 ...
