Adult Nonfiction – 940.5451 Ger
"A well-constructed and meticulously researched account of the heroics performed and sacrifices endured by the merchant marine, focusing on the Chesapeake Bay county of Mathews, Virginia. As Geroux writes, 'For more than 250 years, the profession of choice in Mathews had been sailing merchant ships.' These men, including the Hodges family, which sent seven sons to war, performed an essential but underreported service for the country.'" —Publisher