Dust to Deliverance: Untold Stories from the Maritime Evacuation on September 11th : Boat Lift 9/11 and the Stories Behind the Evacuation of Lower Manhattan

The captivating saga of the September 11th boat lift, when ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels spontaneously converged to rescue nearly 500,000 stranded people from Manhattan   A waterborne evacuation larger than Dunkirkin New York Harbor? How come we barely noticed this at the time, and have largely forgotten about it since? Readers of this fast-paced book will not forget it again. Jessica DuLong brings this extraordinary episode to vivid, poignant life, using both literary and maritime expertise. Adam Hochschild, bestselling author of King Leopolds Ghost   ...