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American novelist
Alfred Boiler Stanford (
East Orange, New Jersey , March 12, 1900 - February 8, 1985), Commander USNR, was an
American naval officer and author; he was Deputy Commander of
Mulberry A in the D-day landings.
[1] For his military service he received the
Bronze Star , the
Legion of Merit , and the
Croix de Guerre .
[2]
He published his first novel The Ground Swell while attending
Amherst College .
[2] His college attendance was interrupted by service in the Navy. After graduating, he worked in the advertising industry, published several more works of fiction and non-fiction, and eventually re-entered military service during World War II.
[2] He was later the vice president of the
New York Herald Tribune and publisher of the Milford Citizen , a newspaper in
Milford, Connecticut .
[3]
Books
The Ground Swell (
Appleton , 1923)
[4]
[5]
A City Out of the Sea (Appleton, 1924)
[6]
[7]
[8]
Navigator: The Story of
Nathaniel Bowditch of Salem (
William Morrow , 1928)
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
Invitation to Danger (William Morrow, 1929)
[13]
Flag in the Wind (William Morrow, 1930)
[14]
[15]
Men, Fish & Boats (William Morrow, 1934)
[16]
Pleasures of Sailing (
Simon & Schuster , 1943)
[17]
Force Mulberry: The Planning and Installation of the
Artificial Harbor off U. S.
Normandy Beaches in World War II (William Morrow, 1951)
[18]
[19]
[20]
Boatman's Handbook: Ninety-six Jobs You Can Do on Your Own Boat (Motorboat Publications, 1957)
Far Horizons: Adventures in Cruising by Members of the Cruising Club of America , edited by Alfred Stanford, David L. Bacon, and Charles H. Vilas (
Cruising Club of America , 1971)
References
^ Dietrich-Berryman, Eric; Hammond, Charlotte E.; White, Ronald E. (2010-10-15).
Passport Not Required: U.S. Volunteers in the Royal Navy, 1939-1941 . Naval Institute Press. pp. 118–119.
ISBN
978-1-61251-385-0 .
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"Alfred Stanford; Milford Citizen's retired publisher" . The Day . 1985-02-15. p. 45. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"A memorial service will be held Saturday for Alfred... - UPI Archives" . UPI . Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"The Ground Swell" . San Francisco Chronicle . 1923-07-15. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"Story Starts Well; Collapses Near End" . The Fresno Bee . 1923-03-10. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"Alfred Stanford Writes Interesting Adventure Tale" . The Tennessean . 1924-08-10. p. 35. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"A City Out Of Sea; A Powerful Romance Of Love And Hate" . The Fresno Bee . 1924-08-23. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"Power Of Sea Felt In Pages Of Late Book" . Salt Lake Telegram . 1924-08-17. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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" "Navigator," the Story of Nathn'l Bowditch, of Salem" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 1927-10-01. p. 16. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"Romantic Story of the Life of Nat Bowditch" . The Boston Globe . 1927-10-01. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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" 'The Navigator' Relates Life Story of Nathaniel Bowditch, Who Improved Sea Travel" . Star Tribune . 1927-12-25. p. 39. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
^ Stetson, H. T. (1928).
"Review of Navigator. The Story of Nathaniel Bowditch of Salem" . The New England Quarterly . 1 (2): 255–257.
doi :
10.2307/359775 .
ISSN
0028-4866 .
JSTOR
359775 .
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"A Romance of the Yankee Clipper Fleet" . The Pasadena Post . 1929-09-28. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"Adventure on Cape Cod" . The News Journal . 1930-06-07. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"Flag in the Wind" . Clarion-Ledger . 1930-06-01. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"The Daily Book Review: Men, Fish and Boats, by Alfred Stanford" . The Dayton Herald . 1934-06-01. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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"Thrills of Sailing" . Hartford Courant . 1943-03-28. p. 77. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
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" 'Force Mulberry' Is One Of Finest War Books–Dramatic And Inspiring" . Denton Record-Chronicle . 1951-11-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
^ Greene, Joseph I. (1952-01-06).
"Harbors on the Beach; FORCE MULBERRY. By Commander Alfred Stanford, U. S. N. R. Introduction by Samuel E. Morison. Illustrated with photographs. 240 pp. New York: William Morrow & Co. $3.50" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-10-04 .
^ Colby, Elbridge (1953).
"Review of Force Mulberry" . Military Affairs . 17 (3): 145.
doi :
10.2307/1982676 .
ISSN
0026-3931 .
JSTOR
1982676 .
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