Description
Signed by three survivors of the USS Indianapolis, the first edition of Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Dan Kurzman.
Octavo, xiii, 331pp. Black cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, title stamped silver on the spine. The second printing, with matching number line on the copyright page. Illustrated with photographs and map endpapers. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on the front flap, label remnant also present, bright illustrations.
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Best regards, Dan Kurzman.” Additional signatures by three survivors of the USS Indianapolis: Michael N. Kuryla Jr., Coxswain; Robert M. McGuiggan, Seaman First Class; and James E. O’Donnell, Water Tender Third Class.
Kurzman recounts the sinking of the USS Indianapolis by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945. Only 316 of the ship’s 1,196 men survived.
