No Greater Glory, Dan Kurzman
No Greater Glory, Dan Kurzman
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No Greater Glory
The Four Immortal Chaplains and the Sinking of the Dorchester in World War II

Author: Dan Kurzman

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 6 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2008

Synopsis

During the night of February 3, 1943, a torpedo shattered the side of the SS Dorchester off the coast of Greenland. The 904 men aboard, who would certainly have drowned, were saved, thanks to the tremendous bravery of the four chaplains aboard: the Reverend George L. Fox (Methodist), the Reverend Clark V. Poling (Dutch Reformed), Father John P. Washington (Roman Catholic), and Rabbi Alexander Goode (Jewish) who distributed life jackets to the troops, including, in the end, their own. No Greater Glory is a riveting story of four men of God who came from different backgrounds but found common ground in courageously serving God and country.

About Dan Kurzman

Dan Kurzman was an American journalist and novelist of many military history books. He earned a Bachelor's degree in political science from University of California at Berkeley, worked as an NBC news correspondent in Jerusalem, and worked as the foreign policy correspondent for the Washington Post. In 1965 he received the George Polk award for external reporting. He was also the recipient of the Cornelius Ryan Award.

About William Dufris

William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charlie on May 30, 2018

Just about finished with this story. A good one too. Review coming up when finished Finished and it is a good one. For some reason, I don't remember the story of these four chaplains. I know who they are now. In fact, I've been researching their story since I finished the book. The sinking of the Dorch......more

Goodreads review by Jimmy on August 07, 2016

My Vietnam veterans group is named after the Four Immortal Chaplains, and this is their story from the sinking of the Dorchester by a German u-boat in WWII. Two main problems with the story. First, it took more than half of it to get to the actual sinking. In other words, too much back story. Second......more

Goodreads review by Peter Kiss on October 29, 2024

While a nice story about heroic chaplains, it seems like such books in chaplaincy really lay aside the fact that the chaplaincy is meant to carry the gospel. Religious differences do matter. I don't like the shallow ecumenism of the author and it makes me sad that men who are called to be faithful t......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on May 22, 2017

A true story about four chaplains in World War II, who had a vision of a world united despite racial, political or religious differences. These men, along with hundreds of others, were lost when the Dorchester, a troop transport ship, was torpedoed by a U-boat in the North Atlantic. This is another......more

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