Left For Dead, by Pete Nelson with a preface by Hunter Scott, is the story of Hunter Scott's quest to restore honor to the Captain and final crew of the USS Indianapolis. His journey began as a middle school student whose simple history fair project amounted to what is now recognized as the greatest collection of information in the world on the USS Indianapolis. After two years of research that extended far beyond the duties of his schoolwork, Hunter took his research to the U.S. Congress where he inspired the legislation that finally restored honor to the Captain and crew of the USS Indianapolis.

Hunter, number 14 of George Magazine's "The 20 Most Fascinating Men in Politics" in 1999, spent his late middle- and high school years back and forth between his humble home in Pensacola, Fla. and Washington D.C., where he lobbied congress to pass the legislation he introduced.

Left For Dead is both a chilling story of the greatest sea disaster in the history of the U.S. Navy and perhaps the greatest Naval blunder to accompany, as well as the story of a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis.