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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "GRIPPING...THIS YARN HAS IT ALL." —USA TODAY * "A WONDERFUL BOOK." —The Christian Science Monitor * "ENTHRALLING." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * "A MUST-READ." —Booklist (starred review)
A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history.
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A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history.
Just...
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"On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along 50 miles of French coastline to battle German forces on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day, as it would come to be known, would eventually lead to the liberation of Western Europe, and was a critical step in the road to victory in World War II. Yet the story begins long before the Higgins landing craft opened their doors and men spilled out onto the beaches to face a storm of German bullets. The invasion,...
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Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, takes you on a search for the sunken torpedo boat, PT 109. Includes eye-witness accounts, interviews with the crew and the Kennedy family members, and presents re-creations and archival footage of the events leading up to and following the collision with a Japanese destroyer.
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IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
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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.
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