Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The last stand of the tin can sailors


Author: Hornfischer, James D.
Title: The last stand of the tin can sailors
Published: New York: Bantam Books, 2004
Description: 499 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: p. 445-466
Subject(s):
  • Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American

Review(s):

  • Dusek, Dan. "Hornfischer, James D. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors." Naval War College Review 59.4 (Autumn 2006): 144
  • Metz, Edward. "Hornfischer, James D. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: the Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour." Library Journal 129.1 (Jan 2004): 131
  • "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: the Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour." Publishers Weekly 251.1 (Jan 5, 2004): 50

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