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Author Name: BALLARD, ROBERT D[UANE]with RICK ARCHBOLD
Title: The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal.
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
Publisher: New York Warner / Madison Press Book 1993
Seller ID: 8198
228 pages, approximately 300 illustrations (many in color), maps, cloth, dust jacket, size is 9 by 11 1/2 inches. Account of the crucial naval battle off Guadalcanal in 1942 and the search for sunken U.S. and Japanese warships. Includes considerable coverage of the land and air battles as well.by Robert D. Ballard with Rick Archbold ; contemporary photographs by Michael McCoy ; underwater paintings by Ken Marschall ; technical and historical consultation by Richard B. Frank and Charles Haberlein Jr. From the dj: The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal recreates the whole story of the campaign that changed the course of the Pacific war. For all the fame of its air and land battles, Guadalcanal is also a compelling story of sailors and warships. In fact, more Americans died in Guadalcanal waters than on land. The terror and confusion of ngiht naval action is conveyed herein gripping chapters that describe With over 300 illustrations, this book has all the pictorial richness that helped make bestsellers of Robert Ballard's two previous books, The Discovery of the Titanic and The Discovery of the Bismarck. Haunting pictures of the wrecks are paired with photographs of the ships in their prime; a spectacular full-page foldout reveals the USS Quincy and the Canberra, painted in accurate detail by maritime artist Ken Marschall. Full-color maps and diagrams plus a host of paintings and present-day photographs help to both recreate this extraordinary chapter in the history of the Pacific war and convey the excitement of modern underwater explorations .
UNITED STATES NAVY JAPANESE NAVY WWII PACIFIC WAR U.S.
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