Pellegrino told the Times that the university had rescinded his Ph.D. from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, but the school said he does not have a Ph.D. In addition, Pellegrino's own background has been questioned. Pellegrino was not able to answer the additional questions that have arisen about his book to our satisfaction." Pellegrino told the New York Times that he had changed the name of one of the characters at issue, which led to confusion. "We must rely on our authors to answer questions that may arise as to the accuracy of their work and reliability of their sources. "The author of any work of nonfiction must stand behind its content," Holt said in a statement. More recently, questions have arisen about whether two men mentioned in the book existed. Published January 19, The Last Train from Hiroshima was dogged by charges that some of the material came from a former serviceman who did not fly on the Enola Gay, as he had claimed ( Shelf Awareness, February 21, 2010). The publisher is also offering full credit to wholesalers and retailers who return the book. Holt will no longer "print, correct or ship" copies of The Last Train from Hiroshima, Charles Pellegrino's book about the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945, the AP reported.
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