Harry Homewood

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Harry Homewood


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Harry Homewood was a qualified submariner before he was seventeen years old, having lied to the U.S. Navy about his age. He served in a little "S"-boat in the old Asiatic Fleet. After Pearl Harbor, he re-enlisted and made eleven war patrols in the Southwest Pacific.

After the war, Homewood became Chicago Bureau Chief for Newsweek magazine, chief editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, and for eleven years had his own weekly news program syndicated to 43 PBS television stations.

Homewood was the author of 6 books and lived with his wife in Tucson, Arizona, until his death in 1984. ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 3,209 ratings · 119 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors
Final Harbor (The Silent Wa...
4.40 avg rating — 998 ratings — published 1980 — 15 editions
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Silent Sea (The Silent War,...
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Torpedo! (The Silent War, #3)
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O God of Battles
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China Hand
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A Matter of Size
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The War Journal of Harry Ho...
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Thavis Is Here
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Series by Harry Homewood

Final Harbor Silent Sea Torpedo!
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“Wilkie got a bigger popular vote than FDR did, which of course meant nothing but it scared FDR. Hell,”
― Harry Homewood, Final Harbor
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“I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm’s way.” — JOHN PAUL JONES, USN”
― Harry Homewood, Silent Sea
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