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Collision Course: The Classic Story of the Collision of of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
Written by Alvin Moscow
Narrated by Mel Foster
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The definitive account of the worst maritime disaster of modern times: the improbable collision of two luxury passenger liners in the North Atlantic.
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Alvin Moscow
Alvin Moscow started his career as a general news reporter for the Associated Press following service in the U.S. Navy and graduation from the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. Moscow also wrote The Rockefeller Inheritance, co-wrote Patty Hearst: Her Own Story, and served as consultant on Richard Nixon's Six Crises. He lives in Utah.
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