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May 30, 2015 that s actually a difficult question to answer. Blind mans bluff the untold story of american submarine espionage, by sherry sontag and. Sherry sontag, author, christopher drew, joint author, annette lawrence drew, with. Eli was blind before the war and after finding the bible and hearing gods voice he regained his sight until his task was completed finding a safe place for the bible this is why he did things a blind man would do and could read braille and also why is eyes were normal at the start of the film and clouded and the end. Eli feels the plates on the shelf in the shack, an unusual thing if he could see. For decades american submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and advantage in missions known only to a select few. Sherry sontag is an investigative journalist who, before turning to her book blind mans bluff, now a new york times bestseller, was a staff writer for the national law journal. In addition to blind man s buff it was variously called hoodwink blind, blind man s buffet and blind man s bluff. Sontag makes the tight spaces and high tension of submarine warfare come to life. Blind mans bluff is an exciting, epic story of adventure, ingenuity, courage, and disaster beneath the sea. It unveils how the navys own negligence might have been responsible for the loss of the uss scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, all hands lost, thirty years ago. Oct 19, 1998 blind mans bluff tells the stories of submarine warfare during the cold war. Eli touches the hung mans jacket and feels his way down the body to the boots. A traditional childrens game, blind mans bluff is just as fun when played with the whole family.

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