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Author Nelson, Peter, 1953-

Title Left for dead : a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis / Peter Nelson ; with a preface by Hunter Scott.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Teen  TEEN 940.54 NELSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 940.5 NELSON    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA940.54 N33 c.2  Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J 940.545 NEL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 940.54 NELSON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.54 NELSON    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5459 NELSON    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J940.5459 N33L    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Teen  YA 940.5459 NEL    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Teen  TEEN 940.54 NELSON    Check Shelf

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.
Scott, Hunter, 1985- -- Juvenile literature.
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Scott, Hunter, 1985-
Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- Juvenile literature.
Indianapolis (Cruiser)
Trials (Naval offenses) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Juvenile literature.
Trials (Naval offenses)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
ISBN 0385729596
0385900333 GLB
0385730918 trade pbk.
9780756989552 Library bndg
0756989558 Library bndg
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