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Indianapolis : the true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history and the fifty-year fight to exonerate an innocent man
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- ISBN: 9781501135941
- ISBN: 1501135945
- ISBN: 9781501135941 : HRD
- ISBN: 1501135945 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781501135941
- ISBN: 1501135945
- ISBN: 9781501135958
- ISBN: 1501135953
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Physical Description:
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578 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-540) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: The ship -- The kamikaze -- The mission -- The deep -- The scandal -- An innocent man -- Final log entry: August 19, 2017. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher. |
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- 51 of 51 copies available at Bibliomation.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killingly Library | 940.5426 Vin (Text) | 34040141943445 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ansonia Public Library | 940.5426 VIN (Text) | 34045138753509 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Babcock Library - Ashford | 940.54 Vin (Text) | 33110143365771 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | 940.5426 Vin (Text) | 33160142909665 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | 940.54 VIN (Text) | 34030142370508 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | 940.5426/VINCENT (Text) | 34029142877355 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 940.5426 VINCENT (Text) | 34000081367765 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 940.54 VIN (Text) | 34014142320275 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Canterbury Public Library | 940.54 VINCENT (Text) | 33190000468538 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | 940.54 Vin (Text) | 33180141785346 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
Indianapolis : The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U. S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
Lynn Vincent, a US Navy veteran, is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and coauthor of eleven nonfiction books with more than sixteen million copies in print, including Indianapolis , Same of Kind of Different as Me (with Ron Hall and Denver Moore) and Heaven Is for Real (with Todd Burpo). A veteran journalist and author of more than 1,000 articles, her investigative pieces have been cited before Congress and the US Supreme Court. She lives in the mountains east of San Diego with her husband and their three Labrador retrievers. Sara Vladic, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, is one of the world's leading experts on the USS Indianapolis , having become obsessed with the story at the age of thirteen. Over the next two decades, Vladic met and interviewed 108 of the ship's survivors, and in 2016 she released an award-winning documentary film on the disaster, USS Indianapolis: The Legacy. She has published new research on Indianapolis in Proceedings , the official journal of the US Navy, and appeared as an expert commentator on PBS's USS Indianapolis: Live from the Deep , which explored the ship's wreckage. She and her husband, Ben, live in San Marcos, California.
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