Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

Ship of ghosts

the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors

by James D. Hornfischer

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21st century
Language: English

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Describes the loss of the cruiser U.S.S. Houston during the early days of World War II in the Pacific and the fate of the warship's surviving crew, who were captured by the Japanese and forced to work as slaves on Japan's brutal Burma-Thailand Death Railway.

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Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors Wellcome Collection bibliographic record 530 pages, 32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm	2006	Bantam Dell, a division of Random House, Inc.	English	9780553803907 0553803905	Catalog record	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)