Indianapolis
Author: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic
ISBN: 978-1501135958
Price: Rs. 699.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ¦GRIPPING¦THIS YARN HAS IT ALL. USA TODAY * ¦ WONDERFUL BOOK. The Christian Science Monitor * ¦ENTHRALLING. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * ¦ MUST-READ. Booklist (starred review) A human drama unlike any otherthe riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history.Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, nearly nine hundred men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. For the first time Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own in ¦ wonderful book¦that features grievous mistakes, extraordinary courage, unimaginable horror, and a cover-up¦as complete an account of this tragic tale as we are likely to have (The Christian Science Monitor). It begins in 1932, when Indianapolis is christened and continues through World War II, when the ship embarks on her final world-changing mission: delivering the core of the atomic bomb to the Pacific for the strike on Hiroshima. ¦Simply outstanding¦Indianapolis is a must-read¦a tour de force of true human drama (Booklist, starred review) that goes beyond the mens rescue to chronicle the survivors fifty-year fight for justice on behalf of their skipper, Captain Charles McVay III, who is wrongly court-martialed for the sinking. ¦Enthralling¦A gripping study of the greatest sea disaster in the history of the US Navy and its aftermath (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Indianapolis stands as both groundbreaking naval history and spellbinding narrativeand brings the ship and her heroic crew back to full, vivid, unforgettable life. ¦Vincent and Vladic have delivered an account that stands out through its crisp writing and superb research¦Indianapolis is sure to hold its own for a long time (USA TODAY).
Browse this title within our Summer Read collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 592 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1501135958.
About the Author
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.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-1501135958
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Pan-India Delivery
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What is this book about?
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ¦GRIPPING¦THIS YARN HAS IT ALL. USA TODAY * ¦ WONDERFUL BOOK. The Christian Science Monitor * ¦ENTHRALLING. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * ¦ MUST-READ. Booklist (starred review) A human drama unlike any otherthe riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll be pulled into one of the most harrowing true stories of World War II, told with the pace of a thriller and the depth of serious history. Indianapolis goes beyond the disaster to explore courage, brotherhood, leadership failures, and survival against impossible odds. If you’re drawn to real-life stories that stay with you long after the last page, this gripping account delivers emotional impact, historical insight, and unforgettable human drama.
- Published by Simon & Schuster.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 592.
Catalog Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ¦GRIPPING¦THIS YARN HAS IT ALL. USA TODAY * ¦ WONDERFUL BOOK. The Christian Science Monitor * ¦ENTHRALLING. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * ¦ MUST-READ. Booklist (starred review) A human drama unlike any otherthe riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history.Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, nearly nine hundred men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. For the...
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