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Author:

Hornfischer, James D.

Title:

Ship of Ghosts : the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors / James D. Hornfischer.

Publisher:

Bantam Dell Pub Group,

Copyright Date:

2007, c2006

Description:

530 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Houston (Cruiser : CA-30)
Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-458) and index.

Contents:

On Asia Station -- A bloodstained sea -- The emperor's guests -- In the jungle of the Kwai -- Rendezvous with freedom -- Men of the USS Houston (CA-30) and the lost battalion killed in action or died in captivity, 1942-1945.

Summary:

Describes the loss of the cruiser U.S.S. Houston during the early days of World War II in the Pacific and the fate of the warship's surviving crew, who were captured by the Japanese and forced to work as slaves on Japan's brutal Burma-Thailand Death Railway.

ISBN:

0553384503 (pbk.)
9780553384505 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)148892962

Locations:

WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

BBPC251 -- Roy R. Estle Memorial Library (Dallas Center)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DKPC353 -- Sheffield Public Library (Sheffield)