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New, updated edition of In Harm’s Way; and a Young Readers’ Edition adaptation.

 

Doug Stanton

Doug Stanton is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, lecturer, screenwriter. His books include The Odyssey of Echo Company, In Harm’s Way, and Horse Soldiers. Horse Soldiers is the basis for a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie titled 12 Strong, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, released by Warner Bros. in 2018. Horse Soldiers is required reading by US Army Special Forces at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. In Harm’s Way, the definitive account of the sinking, rescue, and valor of the USS Indianapolis crew, spent more than six months on the New York Times bestseller list and became required reading on the U.S. Navy's reading list for officers. The unabridged audiobook edition of In Harm’s Way is the winner of the 2017 Audie Award in the History category. Horse Soldiers was featured on the front page of the Sunday New York Times Book Review, and is also a New York Times bestselling ebook and audiobook. The Odyssey of Echo Company is a Military Times Best Book Of The Year and recipient of the The Society of Midlands Authors Best NonFiction Book Award. He has lectured at libraries, civic and corporate groups, bookstores, universities, including the US Department of State and The Center for Strategic International Studies. He recently appeared, with Lynn Novick, co-producer of PBS’s "The Vietnam War,” on CSPAN’s "American History” to discuss the Vietnam War.

The Odyssey of Echo Company
The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War

Horse Soldiers
The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

In Harm's Way
The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

About In Harm’s Way

Doug and USS Indianapolis survivor Giles McCoy on The Today Show, talking about “In Harm’s Way".

Doug Stanton - The Today Show

Doug Stanton has appeared as an USS Indianapolis historian on PBS’s 2017 “USS Indianapolis–From The Deep,” The Today Show, CNN, Fox, Morning Joe, NBC Nightly News, CBS This Morning, C-SPAN Book TV, History, A&E, Smithsonian ChannelDiscovery, and in hundreds of national radio and print interviews.

In Harm’s Way spent more than six months on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated in multiple languages. In 2017, the unabridged audiobook edition was the winner of an Audie Award in the History category.The book is read in U.S. highs schools as part of History and English/Creative Writing coursework and is a popular choice of book clubs nationwide.

His writing about the USS Indianapolis has appeared in Naval History magazine and other national publications. In Harm’s Way was included in the U.S. Navy’s required reading list for naval officers.

In Harm’s Way was a Publisher’s Weekly “Notable Book," a Michigan Notable Book of the Year, a Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com Notable/Best Book of The Year, and appeared on multiple bestseller lists: The New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press, Washington Post, USA TODAY, Christian Science Monitor, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher’s Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, The Sunday Times (London), and Book Sense.

As chronicled in In Harm’s Way, in July 2001, the Department of Navy, joining with the United States Congress, exonerated the ship’s court-martialed captain, Charles McVay. This historic reversal of fortune was preceded by a decades-long journey by USS Indianapolis survivors and families, friends, and interested parties from across the US, seeking justice for McVay and their ship’s legacy. As survivor Giles McCoy told Doug Stanton, he and his shipmates had promised McVay that they would “clear the skipper’s name.” McCoy, founder of the USS Indianapolis Survivors’ organization, and his shipmates made further good on this promise with the dedication of the USS Indianapolis National Memorial, in August, 1995.

After the publication of In Harm’s WayDoug and Anne Stanton established “The USS Indianapolis Survivor’s Fund Scholarship Program,” administered by the Grand Traverse Regional Foundation, and later generously endowed, in memory of rescue pilot of Chuck Gwinn, as “The USS Indianapolis/Gwinn 'Angel' Scholarship Endowment” by the Gwinn family. Doug and Anne also provided the initial donation supporting publication of USS Indianapolis Survivors' oral histories. '

 

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Doug Stanton Named A Michiganian Of The Year

"We've moved writing from an ivory tower to Main Street," Stanton said. Meantime, Traverse City is supporting at least nine bookstores — with Stanton prominent in many of them.

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Doug writes about the USS Indianapolis in The New York Times: Moral Lessons From the Crucible of the Sea

Moral Lessons From the Crucible of the Sea

Each summer, as Lake Michigan finally begins to warm, I think of the men of the World War II cruiser Indianapolis and the worst disaster at sea in United States naval history. I go down to the lake and I wonder: How would I have survived what they experienced?

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An Evening with Doug Stanton

Doug's 2017 national tour finished with television and radio appearances at the Tuscon Festival of the Book, Savannah Book Festival, and the movie premiere of "12 Strong," based on his bestselling book "Horse Soldiers." His 2018 tour starts with the paperback publication of "The Odyssey of Echo Company." You can contact Doug regarding speaking about his books here.

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