Left for Dead A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis

Name: Left for Dead A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis
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ISBN: 9780385730914

ISBN-10: 0385730918

ISBN-13: 9780385730914

Edition: N/A

Authors: Peter Nelson

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Hunter Scott, an 11- year- old boy in Pensacola, Florida, was watching the movie Jaws, listening to Captain Quint tell the story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis at the end of World War II. "Eleven hundred men went into the water. Very first light, the sharks come cruising..." Hunter had a simple question: Was this a true story? The story of the USS Indianapolis, the worst naval disaster in American history, is indeed true. So is the story of the shameful court-martial of the ship's captain, shameful because the loss of the ship was not his fault, and the Navy knew it. Hunter Scott became the catalyst for the survivors' efforts to clear their captain's name and set the record…

Book details

List price: $10.99
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 11/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792



Preface



The Sailor



The Boy



Background: The Enemy



The Men



The Mission



The Sinking



The Ordeal



The Rescue



The Guilty



The Court-Martial



The Price



The Boy's Crusade



The Reckoning



The Exoneration


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index