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“In popular culture, no machine of war comes to matching the mystery and allure of the submarine. For thousands of years men have breached the barrier between surf and shore with craft that plowed through the waves, but never below them. As ships progressed from rafts and canoes to triremes and galleons, to steamboats and dreadnoughts, all nautical invention and history were still literally scratching the surface. The submarine is the sole and true master of the sea”

                                                                   - from the Introduction by Neal Stevens

Let’s Put to Sea Crew!

There are many areas of this collection of short stories I really enjoyed. In only a couple of areas where it fell a little short of my expectations. However in saying that, I must state in defense of the Almanac the positives by far outweigh the negatives by leaps and bounds concerning the content of this fine piece of literature. And as embarrassing as it is to admit, I have not read a book cover-to-cover in over ten years - until this one. This paperback was pure enjoyment the whole way through. When I ventured from one story to the next, it seemed to some extent appeared that the next story was always a little bit superior to the previous one just completed.

When you open the 2008 Submarine Almanac, you will discover that the stories range from fun-loving fiction to serious naval experiences to an actual diary which was kept by a World War I German U-boat commander. Several real-life veterans, including actual sub commanders of the submarine services in the U.S. Navy from the Cold War era and beyond make appearances. They deliver their experiences from their undersea careers. And the stories themselves seem to actually either transport you onto the deck of a sub or into the situation that is described by the author. It makes you feel you are witnessing each story as it happens and drives you to read further and further on for the next smile or chuckle that many of the stories provide the reader.

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