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A good novel about the Aleutians has been written by one of the youngest soldiers who went there, Gore Vidal. It is called "Williwaw" and it is a sound, craftsmanlike work that would do credit to a practiced novelist twice its author's age. Mr. Vidal is 20, and he wrote his book when he was only 19.
Publisher's summary. 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.
Williwaw. : 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.
Williwaw is the debut novel of Gore Vidal, written when he was 19 and first mate of a U.S. Army supply ship stationed in the Aleutian Islands. The story combines war drama, maritime adventure and a murder plot. The book was first published in 1946 in the United States by E.P. Dutton. Williwaw is the term, widely thought to be Native American in origin, for a sudden, violent Katabatic wind ...
4 de ago. de 2020 · Audio CD – Unabridged, August 4, 2020. by Gore Vidal (Author), Christopher Lane (Reader) 4.0 119 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
Williwaw takes place in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska during World War II. The main action takes place during a freak, intense wind storm the eskimos call a "williwaw," it whips down off the coastal mountains and causes havoc, freak seas, etc. Gore Vidal, in this, his first novel (1946), creates a wonderful Joseph Conradian feel as tensions mount aboard a army transport ship making a weekly run.
Gore Vidal's first novel, Williwaw (1946), based on a ship in the Aleutian Islands, features the williwaw. In the Deadliest Catch episode "Finish Line", the ship Aleutian Ballad crabbed within a williwaw, when a rogue wave damaged the ship and knocked her on her side. The novel Williwaw! by Tom Bodett is about two children who almost die in a ...
