The Captain Author:Jan De Hartog Best seller. In a novel of rare distinction,Jan De Hartog tells of a man's baptism by fire on the suicidal Murmansk convoys if WWII. To be "Master after God" of a mammoth rescue vessel was a job the young Captain neither wanted nor felt he could handle. But as Captain, he must stand up to the horrors of ocean war while suffering anguish of a sud... more »den strange involvement with a woman he would rather forget.« less