title: The Rooster Struts (A Golden Sturdy Book)
author:  Richard Scarry 
description: <b>Richard Scarry</b> started his career at Golden Books and went on to become one of the most-beloved children&#8217;s book author-illustrators for generations of kids. His books have sold millions of copies throughout the world.
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  Copyright © 2011 by James D. Hornfischer
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House
  Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
  
  
  BANTAM BOOKS and the rooster colophon are registered trademarks of Random
  House, Inc.
  
  
  Excerpts from unpublished writings by Robert D. Graff copyright © 2011 by
  Robert D. Graff. Used by permission.
  
  
  Endpaper map by Jeffrey L. Ward  
  Interior maps by Lum Pennington
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  
  Hornfischer, James D.  
  Neptune’s inferno: the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal / James D. Hornfischer.  
  p. cm.  
  Includes bibliographical references and index.  
  eISBN: 978-0-553-90807-7  
  1\. Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942–1943. 2. World War,
  193