Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic Author Event

Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic to speak at Star Line Books

Called “gripping, thrillerlike” (Kirkus, starred review) and “simply outstanding” (Booklist, starred review), INDIANAPOLIS is the marquis nonfiction book of the S&S summer list.

You may be familiar with the story of the USS Indianapolis sinking, but this is the first time, thanks to years of original research and extensive interviews with 108 survivors, that the complete story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history has been told.

Notably, this account includes the fifty-year fight to exonerate the ship’s captain after a wrongful court martial. Because of meticulous research and survivor relationships cultivated over the last 20 years, Vincent and Vladic also give a visceral, moment-by-moment account of the chaos on board the sinking ship and the first moments of shock as the crew plunge into the sea.

They also 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; and the hidden history of the Top Secret ULTRA program that could have saved the ship. In this powerfully emotional account—unfolding against the larger war and the historic actions of titans of the era—the USS Indianapolis and its heroic crew come to full, vivid, unforgettable life.