Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue
by Robert Drury, Tom Clavin
Book Summary Information
Author: Robert Drury, Tom ClavinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-10
ISBN: 0802143377
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Grove Press
Book Reviews of Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue
Book Review: Written by colege freshmen
Summary: 1 Stars
This book could have begun with "It was a dark and stormy see". The authors try to impress us with their vocabulary, often using archaic terms, and overuse adjectives. The writing is in the style of a bad romance novel with overuse of adjectives. Many of the similes are inappropriate for a sea story.
My biggest complaint is reserved for the lack of citations. The book is filled with quotations, but there is no notes section to tell us where the quotes came from. The book might as well be labeled fiction. The magazine and newspaper section citations are lacking and the electronic sources section follows no style. Websites are listed with URLs nor access dates. In the miscellaneous section, one of the sources is history.navy.mil. The high schoolers I work with can put together better bibliographies.
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