The latest work from Charles Pellegrino, Last Train to Hiroshima, has been dropped by Henry Holt and Company, its publisher, due to the fact that some so called facts in the book are now being hotly debated.
After the book first hit shelves in January when it was found that a source that contributed to the book claiming to be part of the US bombing mission of Hiroshima was not in fact anything to do with the bombing. Now, the US publisher has doubts that two other sources that are a primary part of the book were actually involved in the bombing.
When the book was first released it won glowing reviews with The New York Times referring to it as a wartime history gem. In fact, it spurred such attention that James Cameron even purchased the film rights to the book.
Controversy first arose when surviving members of the Hiroshima mission crew stated that Joseph Fucco, a main part of the book, was not actually on the aircraft, forcing Pellegrino to admit that he was fooled and quite stunned, given that Fuoco had backed up his story with photographs and papers.
From there, the publisher began to doubt that two other sources in the book, John MacQuitty a Jesuit scholar and Father Mattias who was said to have killed himself, actually lived the roles that are depicted in the book.
Despite the outrage, Cameron, who has worked with Pellegrino on a number of projects, has stood behind him stating that the author would not lie, so any problems with the validity of the book are based on misunderstandings.
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