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

  • Hornfischer, James D.
Date:
2006
  • Books

About this work

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New York : Bantam Dell, a division of Random House, Inc., 2006.

Physical description

530 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZVETB.6.AA9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0553803905
  • 9780553803907