books by James D. Hornfischer (right-wing survivors surviving)

books by James D. Hornfischer

books:

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

128 reviews
James D. Hornfischer

Bantam, 2005

Ranks with Shattered Sword
A couple of years ago, I read "Shattered Sword" (about the Battle of Midway) and proclaimed it the best WWII account of Pacific Theatre Naval history to date. I now have to say THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS by James Hornfischer ranks right beside it. This is a brilliantly presented accounting of Halsey's folly when he let his enormous ego get in the way of following orders. The result ...

Last Man Out: Surviving the Burma-Thailand Death Railway: A Memoir

2 reviews
H. Robert Charles

Zenith Press, 2006

Read this and be enriched and humbled.
I have had the pleasure of knowing the author for going on 8 years now. His memoir of his time as a prisoner of the Japanese, building the Death Railroad, the real Bridge on the River Kwai, is riveting, and sadly the suffering of POWs is little known. In the decades since returning from the War, the author has had a distinguished career requiring excellent writing and editing skills, and this ...

Right Thinking: Conservative Common Sense Through the Ages

2 reviews

Pocket Books, 1996

Enjoyable Early Nora Roberts
Racing fans will especially enjoy this story of love at the track. Cynthia "Foxy" Fox, a noted photographer, accompanies her race car driver brother, Kirk, on the circuit to provide photos for a book. The sponsor of the car is studly Lance Matthews, whom Foxy has secretly loved for the past ten years. Foxy worries when her brother has a crash and is scared that Lance, a former driver himself, ...

"Hate Is Not a Family Value": A Quote Book for Liberals in a Right-Wing World

1 review

St Martins Pr, 1997

A cogent look at the many shades of liberalism
This review of liberal thinking is a useful collection of clever, insightful and important things said by great liberals through history. While some of the material might have been excerpted at greater length, overall the content is satisfying, and the book is a great gift for that holdout FDR or JFK fan in the family. --Edward J. Karros

Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors

36 reviews
James D. Hornfischer

Bantam, 2006

Possibly, the most complete story ever told.
The story of the loss of the heavy cruiser USS Houston off the coast of Indonesia on 1 March 1942 is a story which strikes right to the heart of naval traditions which go back beyond the creation of the United State of America itself. It is a story of danger and brave deeds, of gallant actions and bloody combat. Most of all it is a story of ship that went down fighting against insurmountable odds ...