Exodus, 1947 (Hardcover, Revised edition)

Sometimes truth is better than fiction. Exodus 1947 is such a case - her story needs no adornment. A gallant ship whose mission and brutal treatment at the hands of the British aroused the conscience of the civilized world, the Exodus paved the way for the creation of the state of Israel. With this book, David Holly presents a totally accurate yet highly dramatic biography of the ship reflected in a best-selling novel and internationally acclaimed movie. Originally published in 1969, the book is being brought back into print with some additional material to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the voyage. Several chapters discuss the people and organizations at work preceding the birth of Israel, including the Haganah, the group that rescued the ship from the scrap heap after the war to take Jewish refugees to Palestine. Holly also traces the ship's earlier careers - her days as a sumptuous Chesapeake Bay steamboat named the President Warfield in the late 1920s and 1930s, and her wartime service with the British as an amphibious training ship and later as a U.S. Navy control ship at Normandy.