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Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
Ship of Ghosts The Story of the USS Houston FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
Author: James D. Hornfischer
"Son, we’re going to Hell." — The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553803907
ISBN-10: 0553803905
Publication Date: 10/31/2006
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Audio CD
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While the author does an excellent job relating the story of the USS Houston from before World War II to its sinking, and then follows the crew through their terrible imprisonment and eventual rescue and later lives, I was also impressed with how he tied it all in with events happening elsewhere around the world, and then related those events to the ship and crew.

So many authors seem to look at their subject with horse blinders on, but not Hornfischer.


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