The Battle for Hell's Island: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal
Written by Stephen L. Moore
Narrated by Pete Bradbury
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Stephen L. Moore
Stephen L. Moore, a sixth-generation Texan, graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University. He is the author of multiple books on World War II and Texas history, including the critically acclaimed Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign; the four-volume Savage Frontier series on the early Texas Rangers and Texas Indian Wars; and Taming Texas, a biography of his great-great-great-grandfather William T. Sadler, who was one of the first Texas Ranger captains in the 1830s. Steve lives north of Dallas in Lantana, Texas, with his wife, Cindy, and their three children.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5very interesting and obsorbing!