Read it. Not a bad book.
Links to summaries and broadcast times for selected BookTV (C-Span2) segments
for weekend of Jan 13/14, 2007.
Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost
Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors
by James Hornfischer
http://www.booktv.org/History/index.asp?segID=7684&schedID=471
FDR's 12 Apostles: The Spies Who Paved the Way for the Invasion of
North Africa
by Hal Vaughan
http://www.booktv.org/History/index.asp?segID=7661&schedID=471
Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency
by William Daugherty
http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=7534&schedID=471
Khrushchev's Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary
by Timothy Naftali, Co-author
http://www.booktv.org/History/index.asp?segID=7819&schedID=471
BookTV (C-Span2; weekends) Schedule for the January 13-14, 2007 weekend
http://www.booktv.org/schedule/
bookmarked
IMO, the most couragous naval battle in the history of the U.S. Navy.
As I've noted on a companion BookTV thread (linked below), this is one
of the weekends when BookTV loads up on some promising books (IMHO).
For links to summaries/broadcast times for some Civil War-era books
reviewed on BookTV this weekend, please click the link below.
(see lead post and post #2)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1767021/posts?page=1
I don't think there is a thread on the Houston, but here is one on Taffy 3:
The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Task Unit Taffy 3 - (10/25/1944) - May 30th, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/920191/posts
I found the thread on the Houston:
The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT - 1942 - Jan 10th, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/820223/posts
Pictures of the Houston here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/ca30.htm
Bio and picturese of Capt. Rooks here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-r/a-rooks.htm
bump for publicity
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