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William Clark Brinkley (September 10, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was an American writer and journalist, best known for his novels Don't Go Near the Water (1956), which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted to an eponymous 1957 film, and The Last Ship (1988), which TNT adapted as a television series.
The Last Ship is a 1988 post-apocalyptic fiction novel by American writer William Brinkley. The Last Ship tells the story of a United States Navy guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-80), on patrol in the Barents Sea during a brief, full-scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Nov 22, 1993 · William Clark "Bill" Brinkley was an American writer and journalist. Brinkley is perhaps best known for his 1988 novel, The Last Ship, and his 1956 novel, Don't Go Near the Water, which was later adapted to film in 1957 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as Don't Go Near the Water.
William Brinkley has 29 books on Goodreads with 13387 ratings. William Brinkley’s most popular book is The Last Ship.
Jan 1, 1988 · The Last Ship by William Brinkley is a post-nuclear-apocalyptic novel which focuses on the survival of the crew of the destroyer Nathan James. Although, surprisingly, the actual actions of the crew are secondary to the incessant, introspective, ponderous narrative by the ship's captain.
Nov 27, 2013 · With civilization in ruins, he urges those that remain—one-hundred-and-fifty-two men and twenty-six women—to pull together in search of land. Once they reach safety, however, the men and women on board realize that they are earth’s last remaining survivors—and they’ve all been exposed to radiation.
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Nov 27, 2013 · The Last Ship: A Novel. Kindle Edition. Hailed as “an extraordinary novel of men at war” (The Washington Post) this is the book that inspired the TNT television series starring Eric Dane, Rhona Mitra, Adam Baldwin and Michael Bay as Executive Producer. The unimaginable has happened.
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William Brinkley was born on 10 September 1917 in Custer City, Oklahoma, USA. He was a writer, known for The Last Ship (2014), Don't Go Near the Water (1957) and Climax! (1954). He died on 22 November 1993 in McAllen, Texas, USA.
The Last Ship is an American action-drama television series, loosely based on the 1988 novel of the same name by William Brinkley. The series premiered on TNT on June 22, 2014, and concluded after five seasons on November 11, 2018.
The Last Ship: A Novel. William Brinkley. Penguin, Nov 27, 2013 - Fiction - 624 pages. Hailed as “an extraordinary novel of men at war” (The Washington Post) this is the book that inspired the...
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