| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2006047530 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0553803905 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780553803907 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)69680190 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
940.542598 Hor |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
940.542598 Hor |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hornfischer, James D. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Ship of ghosts : |
| Remainder of title |
the story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
James D. Hornfischer. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Bantam Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
530 p., [32] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
On Asia Station -- A bloodstained sea -- The emperor's guests -- In the jungle of the Kwai -- Rendezvous with freedom -- Men of the USS Houston (CA-30) and the lost battalion killed in action or died in captivity, 1942-1945. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Information code or alphabet |
93302 |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Houston (Cruiser : CA-30) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World War |
| General subdivision |
Naval operations, American. |
| Chronological subdivision |
1939-1945 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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