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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.
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Williwaw (1946) is Gore Vidal’s first novel, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the US Army during World War II. It is a harrowing tale of survival, isolation, and desperation among the crew of a US Army ship on the treacherous waters of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
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18 giu 2003 · 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...
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27 dic 2010 · 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.
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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.
