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Book Reviews of 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
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
ISBN-13: 9780553803907
ISBN-10: 0553803905
Publication Date: 10/31/2006
Pages: 544
Rating:
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
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4.6 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Hardcover
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hardtack avatar reviewed Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors on + 2719 more book reviews
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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excellent book