The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

Name: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
Author: James D. Hornfischer
ISBN: 9780553381481

by James D. Hornfischer

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The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is a narrative account of the Battle off Samar, an event which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare. Published by Bantam Books in February 2004, the book won the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature in 2004 from the Naval Order of the United States.

First published 2004 Bantam Books 499 pages

Category: History
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 2
Editions known: 6

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DDC 940.5425995 LCC D--0774.00000000.P5M87 2021 American Naval operationsHistoryLeyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944Naval operations, AmericanNew York Times bestsellerNonfictionWorld War, 1939-1945World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, american

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