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The Caine mutiny

by Herman Wouk · 1951

History · ranked #39 in category

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize this atmospheric novel tells the story in flashback of a mutiny aboard a United States minesweeper during WW2. The murky events of the mutiny emerge during a court-martial

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Category
History
First published
1951 · 1950s
Author
Herman Wouk
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