{"product_id":"indianapolis-the-true-story-of-the-worst-sea-disaster-in-u-s-naval-history-and-the-fifty-year-fight-to-exonerate-an-innocent-man","title":"Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER * \"GRIPPING...THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.\" --\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e * \"A WONDERFUL BOOK.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e * \"ENTHRALLING.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) * \"A MUST-READ.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA human drama unlike any other--the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS \u003ci\u003eIndianapolis\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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 \"a 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\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e). It begins in 1932, when \u003ci\u003eIndianapolis\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Simply outstanding...\u003ci\u003eIndianapolis \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-read...a tour de force of true human drama\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) that goes beyond the men's 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\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), \u003ci\u003eIndianapolis \u003c\/i\u003estands as both groundbreaking naval history and spellbinding narrative--and 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...\u003ci\u003eIndianapolis \u003c\/i\u003eis sure to hold its own for a long time\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2244063\"\u003eLynn Vincent\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11421887\"\u003eSara Vladic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501135958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501135953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027100\"\u003eWars \u0026amp; Conflicts | World War II | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027150\"\u003eMilitary | Naval\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027110\"\u003eMilitary | United States\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLynn Vincent, a US Navy veteran, is a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author and coauthor of eleven nonfiction books with more than sixteen million copies in print, including \u003ci\u003eIndianapolis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSame of Kind of Different as Me\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ron Hall and Denver Moore) and \u003ci\u003eHeaven Is for Real \u003c\/i\u003e(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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSara Vladic, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, is one of the world's leading experts on the USS \u003ci\u003eIndianapolis\u003c\/i\u003e, having become obsessed with the story at the age of thirteen. Over the next two decades, Vladic met and interviewed 108 of the ship's survivors, and in 2016 she released an award-winning documentary film on the disaster, \u003ci\u003eUSS Indianapolis: The Legacy.\u003c\/i\u003e She has published new research on \u003ci\u003eIndianapolis \u003c\/i\u003ein \u003ci\u003eProceedings\u003c\/i\u003e, the official journal of the US Navy, and appeared as an expert commentator on PBS's \u003ci\u003eUSS Indianapolis: Live from the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, which explored the ship's wreckage. She and her husband, Ben, live in San Marcos, California.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42708226638061,"sku":"9781501135958","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ed95ad15-ab2e-49d3-a86b-898c14f8bc16.jpg?v=1650086791","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/indianapolis-the-true-story-of-the-worst-sea-disaster-in-u-s-naval-history-and-the-fifty-year-fight-to-exonerate-an-innocent-man","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}