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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 Books,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

530 p. : ill., map ; 25 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.

Indexed by:

Kirkus 08/15/2006.
PW 08/28/2006.
LJ 10/15/2006.
Bklst 11/01/2006*.

ISBN:

0553803905
9780553803907

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