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Summary: Based on new primary sources and interviews with 108 survivors, Vincent and Vladic reveal the untold stories of the crew left adrift for five days in the Philippine Sea as they battled dehydration, sharks, insanity, and each other; the Army spy who shepherded the bomb aboard Indianapolis; the hidden history of the Top Secret ULTRA program that could have saved the ship; and the survivors'...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 940.54 VINVincent, Lynn
Summary: "Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 VINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 VINHall, Ron
Summary: The authors of "Same Kind of Different as Me" offer new reflections and stories of hope and healing, covering such topics as faith, friendship, community outreach, and much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8325 HALBoykin, Jerry.
Summary: Boykin reveals how his military duty worked in tandem with his faith to bring him through the bloody storms of foreign battle-- and through the political firestorm that ambushed him in his own country.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Faith Words 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOYKIN, WILLIAM G BOYHall, Ron
Summary: The co-author relates how he was held under plantation-style slavery until he fled in the 1960s and suffered homelessness for an additional eighteen years before the wife of the other co-author, an art dealer accustomed to privilege, intervened.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HALL, RON HALCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem HallBurpo, Todd.
Summary: Todd Burpo shares his son Colton's experiences having visions of heaven after a near-fatal illness, describing what Colton saw in heaven and the lessons he has learned about faith and love after listening to Colton's stories of his time with Jesus.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grupo Nelson 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 460 BURPO, TODD BURBurpo, Todd.
Summary: Presents the story of the four-year old son of a Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2011