copyright 1979; by William Hoffer; Summit Books publishers, New York; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket good with minor edge wear; Illustrated with Life Magazine black & white photos; illustrated endpapers.
 
Description -
At 11:10 PM on Wednesday, July 25, 1956, in the dense fog off Nantucket Island, the beautiful Italian passenger liner Andrea Doria was hit broadside by the Swedish liner Stockholm, whose reinforced hull was constructed to withstand the Scandinavian ice floes. The Andrea Doria was mortally wounded, a gaping hole in her side. In this totally engrossing book, the author has re-created the events of this terrifying night and tells the spectacular story of the greatest sea rescue in modern history.