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James D. Hornfischer (November 18, 1965 – June 2, 2021 [1]) was an American literary agent, author, and naval historian. A one-time book editor at the publishing company HarperCollins in New York, Hornfischer was later president of Hornfischer Literary Management, a literary agency in Austin, Texas .
The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which the book's author, James D. Hornfischer, calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare.
James D. Hornfischer: Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors: Bantam 2007 Lisle A. Rose: Power at Sea vol. 1, The Age of Navalism, 1890–1918; vol. 2, The Breaking Storm, 1919–1945; vol. 3, A Violent Peace, 1946–2006: University of Missouri Press 2008 Winner Craig L ...
Hornfischer, James D. (2006). Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-80390-7. "Houston III (CL-81)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 June 2015
James D. Hornfischer, Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors. Robert W. Love, History of the U.S. Navy; Kemp Tolley, Cruise of the Lanakai; Dwight R. Messimer, In the Hands of Fate
Dixon, CA, USA: Pacific Ship and Shore. Hornfischer, James D. (2006). Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors. Bantam. ISBN 0-553-80390-5. Lacroix, Eric; Linton Wells (1997). Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-311-3.
The legal thriller maestro's "Camino Ghosts" returns him to the genial characters from his "Camino Island" and "Camino Winds," who all check in and out of a remarkably prosperous bookstore on the ...
Hornfischer, James D. (2006). Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors. Bantam. ISBN 0-553-80390-5. Morison, Samuel Eliot (2001) [1958]. The Rising Sun in the Pacific 1931 - April 1942, vol. 3 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books.