The Book of Quint, Ryan Dacko

by Ryan Dacko

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Can't find what you're looking for? Home page About us Feedback Payment Delivery Customer Service Contact us Shop by Price $10.34 $10.35 - $12.34 $12.35 - $14.34 $14.35 - $16.34 $16.35+ Shop pages Home page Payment Delivery Customer Service About the seller Need help? Send an eBay message Newsletter Add World of Books to your favourites and receive email newsletters about special promotions! General Interest The Book of Quint Product Details: Category: Books ISBN: 1398122475 Title: The Book of Quint The Fast Free Shipping Author: Ryan Dacko Publisher: Amberley Publishing Year Published: 2023 Number of Pages: 424 Book Binding: Paperback Prizes: N/A Book Condition: GOOD SKU: CIN1398122475G Item description '1,100 men went into the water...' So begins the critically acclaimed and haunting monologue by actor Robert Shaw as grizzled shark hunter Quint in the movie Jaws, in which he describes his experience as a survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the dying days of the Second World War. The Indianapolis was returning from delivering the first atomic bomb to Tinian, and on its way to the Philippines, when a Japanese submarine hit it with two torpedoes. The ship sank in twelve minutes, leaving hundreds of crew floating in the ocean with hardly any food, water or lifeboats. During the next five days most died from a combination of exposure, salt poisoning, dehydration and the worst mass shark attacks in recorded history. Only 316 of 1,195 crew survived. This historic ev

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Year: 2024
• ISBN: 1398122475
• Condition: Good

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