FIRST EDITION 1955..TEARS ON DUST JACKET.MISSING SECTION OF DUST JACKET ON SPINE.STAMP ON INSIDE OF BLANK PAGE AND PRIOR OWNER NAME
Hardcover - First Edition. Book in excellent condition. Dust Jacket - Few tears due to age.The Good Shepherd is a 1955 nautical and war novel by C. S. Forester. It illustrates the difficulties of the Battle of the Atlantic: the struggle against the sea, the enemy, and the exhaustion brought on by constant vigilance. It also details the problems of the early radar and ASDIC equipment available and the poor communications between the fleet and Admiralty using HF Radio and early manual cryptography.