Description |
xx, 201 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index. |
Contents |
Sailor -- Boy -- Background; the enemy -- Men -- Mission -- Sinking -- Ordeal -- Rescue -- Guilty -- Court-martial -- Price -- Boy's crusade -- Reckoning -- Exoneration. |
Summary |
Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.3 11.0 59211. |
Subject |
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
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Scott, Hunter, 1985- -- Juvenile literature.
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McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Scott, Hunter, 1985-
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Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- Juvenile literature.
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Indianapolis (Cruiser)
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Trials (Naval offenses) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Juvenile literature.
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Trials (Naval offenses)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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ISBN |
0385729596 |
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0385900333 GLB |
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0385730918 trade pbk. |
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9780756989552 Library bndg |
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0756989558 Library bndg |
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