Richard Snow

Ellen Feldman Quote

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:48:02 +0000

“Far more than a story of battle, A Measureless Peril is a riveting account of the quotidian life of a nation at war. Snow writes of the home-hankering effect of fresh-baked bread tasted aboard a ship far from home; of the affectionate, kidding, and deeply longing letters from men at sea and the women who wait for them; of the pain of seeing other men die and the peculiar pride of doing an unpalatable impossible job well. ”

- Ellen Feldman, author of Lucy, the Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, and Scottsboro

Rooftop Review of “A Measureless Peril”

Richard — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:37:44 +0000

As a former member of the US Navy, and as a licensed Merchant Mariner, I can heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in either the sea, or history. It is obvious that I enjoyed this book.

A great review from Brooklyn book reviewer, Robert Williams

Full Page Review in the New York Times

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:09:51 +0000

"The former editor of American Heritage magazine, Snow writes with verve and a keen eye. He is a kind of John McPhee of combat at sea, finding humanity in the small, telling details of duty."

Read the full review here.

Peril Review

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:59:05 +0000

“This is an extraordinary book: a compelling account of the often-neglected but all-important battle in the Atlantic combined with a son’s moving and nuanced account of his father’s experience aboard a destroyer at sea. A MEASURELESS PERIL is as good as it gets—and should win its gifted author the enormous audience he deserves.”

- Geoffrey C. Ward, author of A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt

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admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:28:27 +0000

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A Measureless Peril Review

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:22:57 +0000

“Richard Snow captures the sweep of battle--years long, thousands of square miles in extent--and its life-sized, daily events, from routine tasks to hellish violence, as seen through the eyes of the men who were there. The result is a stereoscopic view of a world-historical struggle, and of the author's father, Lieut. Richard B. Snow, USNR, a representative member of the greatest generation.”

- Richard Brookhiser, author of Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington

A Measureless Peril Review

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:19:02 +0000

“In this terrific tale, Richard Snow has written a splendid and exciting account of an unjustly overlooked story of World War II: the fight for the Atlantic. With a skillful narrative hand, he moves between scenes of combat and peril at sea (and under the sea) to moments of debate and decision at the highest levels of Washington and London. 'A Measureless Peril'—the phrase is Churchill's—is a book to savor, and to remember.”

- Jon Meacham

A Measureless Peril

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:33:21 +0000

“By way of a great raft of sea-stories, each impeccably told and perfectly turned, Richard Snow has transformed the faraway and half-forgotten world of the Atlantic convoys into a narrative as touching and exciting as it is melancholy and memorable. This is a valuable book: few better accounts have ever been crafted about this cruelest of wars, fought for year after year on the most imperturbably cruel of the world's great oceans.”

- Simon Winchester