Kennedy, John F Donovan, Robert J (1 results)

First Edition. Octavo (22cm); dark gray spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in blue and white on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; map illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 247pp; black and white photographic (halftone) illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to board edges, with foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Rupert Finegold, unclipped (priced $4.95), lightly tanned, with shelf-soil, and chips and tiny tears to spine ends and extremities; Very Good. Photographic plates complete and present, with order differing from contents list slightly. Explores events of August 2, 1943 as the Japanese destroyer Amagiri sank the American PT 109, which had John F. Kennedy and crew on board, in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands. Donovan met with Amagiri captain and crew in Tokyo, and Solomon natives who assisted rescue, to gather information on events alongside Erwitt's photographs of reenactments. [84715].