Left for dead
Subtitle: a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis
By: Peter Nelson ; with a preface by Hunter Scott.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: McVay, Charles Butler, -- d. 1968 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature; Scott, Hunter, -- 1985- -- Juvenile literature; Indianapolis (Cruiser) -- Juvenile literature; Trials (Naval offenses) -- Juvenile literature; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: 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.
Notes: j-157,880

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.