Left for dead : a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis / Pete Nelson ; with a preface by Hunter Scott.

Author/creator Nelson, Peter, 1953- author.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxx, 201 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Subjects
McVay, Charles Butler, III, 1898-1968--Trials, litigation, etc. --Juvenile literature.
Scott, Hunter, 1985---Juvenile literature.
Indianapolis (Cruiser)--Juvenile literature.
Trials (Naval offenses)--United States. --Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American. --Juvenile literature.

Contents Sailor -- Boy -- Background; the enemy -- Men -- Mission -- Sinking -- Ordeal -- Rescue -- Guilty -- Court-martial -- Price -- Boy's crusade -- Reckoning -- Exoneration.
Abstract Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
Audience 1260 Lexile.
Study program note Accelerated Reader AR
Study program note Reading Counts RC
Genre/formTrial and arbitral proceedings.
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