Patriot Auctions

Lot # 41: Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by NYTimes bestselling author, James D. Hornfischer - Donated & Autographed by James Hornfischer plus an unsigned copy of 'Service' by James Hornfischer - co-author of 'Service' by Marcus Lutrell

Starting Bid: $30.00

Bids: 0 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
Lot / Auction Closed




This lot is closed. Bidding is not allowed.

Item was in Auction "U.S. Navy SEAL's Memorabilia & More Auction - 2019",
which ran from 11/1/2019 12:00 PM to
11/30/2019 6:00 PM



The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (2004) is the first book to bring to life the legendary Battle off Samar, considered the greatest upset victory in the U.S. Navy’s history. A New York Times bestseller and a Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Military Book Club, Last Stand was a charter selection of the Navy Professional Reading Program and received the 2004 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. It was chosen as one of “a dozen Navy classics” by the U.S. Naval Institute’s Naval History magazine (December 2008) and was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the five best books on men at war (April 24, 2010).

Mr. Hornfischer is co-author of the NYTimes bestseller, Service by Marcus Luttrell.

Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, author of Lone Survivor, tells the astonishing story of his return to the battlefield after Operation Redwing—as immortalized in his book and the feature film directed by Peter Berg—and offers powerful new details about his miraculous rescue. A thrilling war story, Service is a tribute to the warrior brotherhood—and to the idea that no one goes it alone.

James D. Hornfischer is the author of three books, most recently Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal.

Hornfischer is the author of two other acclaimed works of World War II naval history: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour and Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR’s Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors, both published by Bantam.

Hornfischer’s writing career has grown out of a lifelong interest in the Pacific war. He has appeared on television on The History Channel, Fox News Channel’s “War Stories with Oliver North” and C-SPAN’s “BookTV.” A frequent speaker on the subject of the war in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy, and the experience of America’s sailors in World War II, he frequently addresses veterans organizations, youth and civic groups, and professional naval organizations on the inspiring stories found in his books.

A native of Massachusetts, and a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Texas School of Law, Hornfischer is a member of the Naval Order of the United States, the Navy League, and was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry as an “Admiral in the Texas Navy.” A former New York book editor, Hornfischer is president of the literary agency Hornfischer Literary Management, located in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his wife and their three children.

You can find out more about this amazing author at www.jameshornfischer.com

 

Views: 751