{"product_id":"one-common-enemy-the-laconia-incident-a-survivors-memoir-9781743056202","title":"One Common Enemy: The Laconia incident: A survivor's memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I'll see the world, ' Jim McLoughlin told his parents as he set off to join the Royal Navy in 1939. 'It'll be fun.' Months later, this Liverpool lad was sailing to war aboard the massive battleship HMS \u003cem\u003eValiant\u003c\/em\u003e. He saw some of the world, but it wasn't fun.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eOne Common Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e, he recounts how the chaos and carnage of war at sea in the Norwegian and Mediterranean campaigns led him to a fateful rendezvous with a much-loved ship from his boyhood, the passenger liner \u003cem\u003eLaconia\u003c\/em\u003e. Nostalgia turned to disaster when \u003cem\u003eLaconia\u003c\/em\u003e was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the South Atlantic. Despite a remarkable rescue attempt by a courageous, compassionate foe, Jim was condemned to a drifting lifeboat and a harrowing voyage of death and madness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eOne Common Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of a desperate personal battle for survival, but also a moving narrative of innocence lost and a lifelong battle with confronting memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11990859\"\u003eJim McLoughlin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781743056202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1743056206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO008000\"\u003eMilitary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wakefield Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44563076940013,"sku":"9781743056202","price":29.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_127a6641-8cb9-4728-9803-00d1f6a91bca.jpg?v=1701840081","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/one-common-enemy-the-laconia-incident-a-survivors-memoir-9781743056202","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}