Christopher Dobson, John Miller and Ronald Payne. Stated First American edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. Both unclipped dust jacket (in a mylar wrapper) and hardcover in Near Fine condition. No writing or markings found in this copy, 223 pp.
A stated First American Edition of The Cruelest Night — a harrowing nonfiction account of the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the deadliest maritime disaster in history. Written by acclaimed British journalists Christopher Dobson, John Miller, and Ronald Payne, this meticulously researched work recounts the tragic events of January 30, 1945, when the German ship carrying civilians and wounded soldiers was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea, resulting in the deaths of over 9,000 people.
This volume is ideal for collectors of World War II history, naval warfare, or 20th-century nonfiction. A gripping and poignant account of one of war’s greatest overlooked catastrophes.
