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Title: Collision With History: The Search for John F. Kennedy's PT 109 by Robert D. Ballard ISBN: 0-7922-6876-8 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very interesting!!!
Comment: The book tells us about what happened to John F Kennedy during World War two, how the Japanese sank his boat, so how he became a hero. There is a short biography( 1917-1940) too, with cute photos. There was a nice chapter on the Solomon Islands, the local people, the influence of Western culture, and the culture today. I suggest it to all Jack Kennedy fans or not.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent story
Comment: Dr. Ballard lives in Lyme Connecticut, 10 miles from where I live. I saw this book in a local bookstore window this weekend, and realized that he was coming to town in 4 days to speak on the subject. Being a history buff, and certainly a Kennedy history buff, I bought the book (locally, so that he would sign it for free!), and read it last night. It's a short read, with only one or two chapters covering the actual exploration for the PT-109. The rest of the book contains Kennedy family history dating back to the Kennedy's in Boston from 1850. There was a nice chapter on the Solomon Islands, the local people, the influence of Western culture, and the culture today. There was also nice information on the crash that proves that the Hollywood movie on PT-109 took some liberties concerning his rescue of marines on a beach ... go figure ... Hollywood taking liberties...
The bottom line ... I believe Ballard has found the PT boat ... even though he couldn't quite prove it ... The fact a future president's boat was lost in this region has left a closeness with the locals towards the United States ... and the two local's that discovered Kennedy and his crew are still alive and still very much influenced by their part in history. This will be Ballard's last modern historical ship find ... after this he will move on to work on the Black Sea project ... I'm glad he found John Kennedy's boat before he moved on. Read the book
Rating: 5
Summary: Nice history
Comment: Dr. Ballard lives in Lyme Connecticut, 10 miles from where I live. I saw this book in a local bookstore window this weekend, and realized that he was coming to town in 4 days to speak on the subject. Being a history buff, and certainly a Kennedy history buff, I bought the book (locally, so that he would sign it for free!), and read it last night. It's a short read, with only one or two chapters covering the actual exploration for the PT-109. The rest of the book contains Kennedy family history dating back to the Kennedy's in Boston from 1850. There was a nice chapter on the Solomon Islands, the local people, the influence of Western culture, and the culture today. There was also nice information on the crash that proves that the Hollywood movie on PT-109 took some liberties concerning his rescue of marines on a beach ... go figure ... Hollywood taking liberties...
The bottom line ... I believe Ballard has found the PT boat ... even though he couldn't quite prove it ... The fact a future president's boat was lost in this region has left a closeness with the locals towards the United States ... and the two local's that discovered Kennedy and his crew are still alive and still very much influenced by their part in history. This will be Ballard's last modern historical ship find ... after this he will move on to work on the Black Sea project ... I'm glad he found John Kennedy's boat before he moved on. Read the book.
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Title: Return to Midway: The Quest to Find the Yorktown and the Other Lost Ships from the Pivotal Battle of the Pacific War by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold, Ken Marschall ISBN: 0792275004 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title:National Geographic - The Search For Kennedy's PT-109 ASIN: B00006G8K6 Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 20 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.98 |
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Title: Lost Subs by Spencer Dunmore, Jonathan Blair, Brian Skerry ISBN: 0306811405 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: PT 109 : John F. Kennedy in World War II by Robert Donovan, Daniel Schorr, Robert J. Donovan ISBN: 0071408681 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 15 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Graveyards of the Pacific : From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island by Robert D. Ballard, Michael Hamilton Morgan ISBN: 0792263669 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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