“Hornfischer is quickly establishing himself as doing for the Navy what popular historian Stephen Ambrose did for the Army.”
—Rocky Mountain News
The story of the USS Houston, FDR’s legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors
“Vivid and visceral…. Hornfischer masterfully shapes the narrative…. breathing life into an unforgettable epic of human endurance.” —USA Today
“Hornfischer has painted a compelling picture of one of the most gallant ships and one of the grimmest campaigns in American naval history. He has a positive genius for depicting the surface-warfare sailor in a tight spot. May he write long and give them more memorials.” —Booklist, starred review
WINNER, 2007 United States Maritime Literature Award
WINNER, 2004 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature
An unprecedented account of the U.S. Navy’s impossible victory: the Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944
Selected by the U.S. Naval Institute’s Naval History magazine as one of “a dozen Navy classics” (December 2008)
“One of the finest World War II naval action narratives in recent years.... Reads like a very good action novel.” —Publishers Weekly
“No one with even a passing interest in the Pacific theater of World War II, or naval warfare in general, should fail to read this book.” —Dallas Morning News
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