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01887aam a2200373 i 4500 001 3CE3B20028F211EDB398BB3D49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220831010036 008 160930t20172016nyu 000 1 eng 020 $a 1536662992 020 $a 9781536662993 040 $a Donation $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a PR6068.E35 $b S46 2017 082 00 $a 823/.914 $2 23 084 $a FIC014000 $a FIC014000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Reeman, Douglas, $e author. 245 10 $a Send a gunboat / 264 1 $a Grand Haven, MI : $b Brilliance Audio, $c [2017] 300 $a 1 disc (9 hrs.;10 min) ; $b AUDIO BOOK ; $c 4 3/4 in. 511 $a Performed by: David Rintoul 520 $a "The orders from the Admiralty to the Captain were explicit. He was to take his ship to the small island of Santu, which lay under threat of invasion from the Communist mainland of China, and evacuate the British colony there. The ship, however, was the flat-bottomed, antiquated River gunboat H. M. S. Wagtail, waiting in a Hong Kong harbor for the disgrace of the breaker's hammer to overtake her. Her captain, Justin Rolfe, embittered by the verdict of a court-martial, knew that the assignment offered more than escape from misery and humiliation--it was a reprieve for himself and his ship"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, British $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History, Naval $y 20th century $v Fiction. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Royal Navy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Ship captains $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Turret ships $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Sea Stories. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Historical Fiction $2 bisacsh $x Audio Book 700 $a Reeman, Douglas, 941 $a 1 952 $l REPC017 $d 20220831010152.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3CE3B20028F211EDB398BB3D49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search