Tin Can Man

Name: Tin Can Man
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Author: E. J. Jernigan
ISBN: 9781452671802

Author: E. J. Jernigan

Narrator: Kent Cassella

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/26/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Military Nonfiction

Synopsis

E. J. Jernigan's memoir offers listeners a fascinating glimpse of life as an enlisted man aboard the USS Saufley, one of the most highly decorated destroyers of World War II. It is a rarely told story of the sailors who fought the war from boiler rooms, after-steering spaces, radio shacks, and other gritty places that keep a warship going. For the author, it was a world of strong emotions and quick reactions, where men had to adapt and grow if they were to survive.

With its colorful view of what went on below decks, Tin Can Man has made a lasting contribution to World War II literature since its publication in 1993. It appeals to veterans, historians and naval enthusiasts alike looking for an honest account of what happened.

About E. J. Jernigan

E. J. Jernigan joined the Navy in 1940 at age seventeen, served in a battleship in the Atlantic, and was reassigned to the USS Saufley in the Pacific in August 1942. After the war, he settled in Chester, Virginia, raised a family, and wrote two more books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

If you're looking for a politically correct account of WWII, don't read this. He just tells it as it was & this is the 1940s. Jernigan tells an honest account of his time in the US Navy from a teen during the Great Depression to serving through the entire war & even briefly about not know what the h......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

This is an excellent and honest book. It is a memoir by the author of his time in the Navy. I say honest because he paints himself warts and all. I could see myself serving with this man easily. The book is a very easy and interesting read. I served in three Frigates, a carrier and a Sub Tender. His......more

Goodreads review by Dave

Outstanding raw and real person view of life of everyday navy life, mostly in a tin can (destroyer) during WWII. The man tells it like he saw it and has some surprising philosophical depth. It rings true and similar to Navy stories I heard from my dad. My only complaint is when he deviates from the......more

Goodreads review by David

Anecdotes of sea life before and during WWII were interesting and add to the picture of what these guys endured.......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Interesting account of life at sea in a Battleship and primarily a Destroyer during WW2. A bit of a “flow of consciousness” at times.......more