The Caine Mutiny CourtMartial, Herman Wouk
The Caine Mutiny CourtMartial, Herman Wouk
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Author: Herman Wouk

Narrator: David Selby, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2001


Synopsis

This acclaimed WWII psychological court room drama was the sensation of 1954. The play portrays a mutiny of naval officers aboard the U.S.S. Caine. Their suspicions concerning their captain’s sanity lead to their rebellion and a subsequent court - martial.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring James Avery, Chuma Hunter-Gault, Ian Lithgow, Scott Lowell, Frank Muller, Michael Rivkin, David Selby and Grant Shaud.

About Herman Wouk

Herman Wouk is a bestselling American author with a number of notable novels to his credit, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. He was born in New York City into a Jewish family that had immigrated from Russia, and received an A. B. from Columbia University. He was first a radio scriptwriter, and worked with Fred Allen, then in 1941 worked for the US government on radio spots selling war bonds. Wouk then joined the United States Navy and served in the Pacific Theater, an experience he later characterized as educational; "I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans." His first ship was the USS Zane, then he was second-in-command on the Southard. He started his writing career onboard, working on a novel during his off-duty hours. He married Betty Sarah Brown in 1945, with whom he had three sons, became a fulltime writer in 1946, and published his debut novel, Aurora Dawn in 1947. In 1952, The Caine Mutiny received the Pulitzer Prize. In 1998, he received the Guardian of Zion Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Naja

Amazing and a must read! Great dialogue, plot development, and complex characters. Now, I need to go read the rest of the story in The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk.......more