Fatal Voyage - by Dan Kurzman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Now back in print and updated to include details of Congress's historic exoneration of a captain wrongly blamed, this is the epic true story of the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the Navy cruiser USS <i>Indianapolis</i> was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima. As the torpedoes hit, the <i>Indianapolis </i>erupted into a fiery coffin, sinking in less than fifteen minutes and leaving nine hundred crewmen fighting for life in shark-infested waters. They expected a swift, routine rescue, unaware that the Navy high command didn't even realize that the <i>Indianapolis</i> was missing. Help would not arrive for another five days. <p/>Drawn from definitive interviews with key figures, <b>Fatal Voyage</b> recounts the horrific events endured as the number of water-treading survivors dwindled to just 316. Each gruesome day brought more madness and slow death, from explosion-related injuries, dehydration, and, most terrifying of all, shark attacks. But the pain did not end when the men finally returned home: The <i>Indianapolis</i>'s commander, Captain Charles B. McVay III, was court-martialed for causing the clearly unavoidable disaster. <p/>With a new afterword chronicling the fifty-five-year campaign by <i>Indianapolis</i> survivors and their supporters to win public vindication for Captain McVay, this classic is restored, along with memories of the <i>Indianapolis</i> crew.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Mr. Kurzman's description of the <i>Indianapolis</i>...lingers in the memory...A well-told-and disturbing-disaster story."<br>--<i>New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Kurzman's gripping book paints a...horrible scene. The sinking of the Indianapolis was-and remains-perhaps the most shameful naval disaster in American history."<br>--<i>People <br></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Dan Kurzman</b>, a former foreign correspondent for <i>The Washington Post</i>, is the author of 16 books and the winner of five major literary and journalistic awards. His books include <i>Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis; Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau;</i><b> </b>and<b> </b><i>Genesis 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War</i>. He lives in North Bergen, New Jersey.
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