Escape from Archangel: An American Merchant Seaman at War

Contents

Contents Preface vii Prologue:Just an Old Bridgetender? 3 Biloxi, 1936 9 Mama, I'm Going to Sea 15 Four Dollars, Thirty-Five Cents and a Sack Lunch 21 Harm's Way 29 Convoy 37 The Cold 47 Stowaway 51 Scotland 57 Old Hand 63 A Russian Captain 71 The Murmansk Run 77 Molotovsk 89 Twenty Minutes Too Late 97 Labor Camp 101 The Trains 109 —v— You'll Die Out There 115 The Reindeer Spoke 121 In the Hands of Strangers 133 The Sea! 141 The Shetland Bus 149 Just What WereYouDoing in Norway? 153 Home 159 Epilogue 163 Bibliography 167 -vi- ...