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The Sea Chase
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The German freighter Ergenstrasse is lying in Sydney harbour when war breaks out. Her master, Karl Ehrlich, has two options. To scuttle his battered old vessel, or to pit his skill and her rusty eight thousand tons against the British naval blockade—and run for home.
For Ehrlich there is no choice, and the Ergenstrasse begins her impossible voyage. Across the Pacific to Norway, via Chile, Cape Horn and Greenland.
Ehrlich’s indomitable spirit and brilliant seamanship are nearly a match for the tremendous odds against him. But he has not reckoned on the enemy within...
“One long thrill...the clash of character is convincing and the variety of incident remarkable. A grand story.”—Sir Compton Mackenzie
“A tough, exciting adventure story.”—Observer
For Ehrlich there is no choice, and the Ergenstrasse begins her impossible voyage. Across the Pacific to Norway, via Chile, Cape Horn and Greenland.
Ehrlich’s indomitable spirit and brilliant seamanship are nearly a match for the tremendous odds against him. But he has not reckoned on the enemy within...
“One long thrill...the clash of character is convincing and the variety of incident remarkable. A grand story.”—Sir Compton Mackenzie
“A tough, exciting adventure story.”—Observer
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Andrew Geer
Andrew Clare Geer (April 6, 1905 - December 22, 1957) was an American novelist and film writer. Born in Minnesota, he was a one-time sparring partner of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. He enlisted as a sailor with the British Army at the outbreak of WWII, fought in North African campaigns and became a Marine officer after the U.S. entered the war. Geer was the author of Mercy in Hell: An American Ambulance Driver with the Eighth Army (1943) and Reckless, Pride of the Marines (1955). His best-selling novel The Sea Chase (1948) was later filmed by Warner Bros and starred John Wayne, Tab Hunter and Lana Turner. He was married to Jane R. Geer (1909-1995) and his son Eddie was a drama and film critic of The Bulletin, Glasgow daily. Geer died of cancer in 1957 at the age of 52.
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