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Author:

Harding, Stephen, 1952- author.

Title:

The castaway's war : one man's battle against Imperial Japan / Stephen Harding.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Da Capo Pressa member of the Perseus Books Group,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Miller, Hugh Barr,--Jr.,--1910-1978.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Georgia.--New Georgia.
Strong (Destroyer : DD-467)
Sailors--Biography.
Shipwreck survival--New Georgia.--New Georgia.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
New Georgia (Solomon Islands)--History, Military.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Roll tide -- Taking ship -- War among the islands -- On a collision course -- Death by long lance -- Adrift in Kula Gulf -- Cast upon a hostile shore -- Alone among enemies -- Back in the war -- Back to the world -- Congress, television, and the silver screen.

Summary:

"Presents the story of Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, who was marooned on a South Pacific island and waged a one-man war against Japanese forces. By the author of The New York Times best-seller The Last Battle,"--NoveList.

ISBN:

0306823403
9780306823404

LCCN:

2016003416

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

FFPC194 -- Nashua Public Library (Nashua)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)