By Roger Owens
In his historically reconstructed story, The Time of the Canton: A Sea Story, Michael McLoughlin takes us on a journey through light and darkness, in the now nearly mythical age of the German U-Boat Wolf Packs of World War Two, which terrorized the sea lanes practically unopposed. Hundreds of ships, huge tonnages of supplies, along with thousands of crew and passengers, met a watery death at the Wolf Packs’ cruel hands.
McLoughlin’s story (and his father’s, as it turns out*) is a story of victory and defeat, of bravery and caution, of spectacular successes and miserable – sometimes fatal – mistakes. McLoughlin brings careful research and in-depth background that make this true story come to life.
Sometimes, a review doesn’t need to say much. And this is one of those times: Don’t let a review substitute for reading this book!
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* Read James McLoughlin’s obituary in today’s “Songs of an Irishman” column, “My Father’s Watch,” by Michael McLoughlin.
| Copyright © 2020 by Roger Owens |
Thank you, Roger, for bringing Michael to us, and for recommending his book. ’Preciate it!
ReplyDeleteHi, Michael, I just finished reading your book. What a gripping story, a tribute to your country of birth, your family, your history. The book deserves to have been better edited, but thanks for publishing it anyway, despite the many misspellings and other language errors. And thanks again for sending me a copy. I'm glad I read it.
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