New York, N.Y. Random House, 1953. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [8], 372, [4] pages. Includes chapters on The Training Cruise, The Machine, Going Stale, and The Quietus. This is a novel of men at sea in time of war. The author began writing this book while he was in graduate school, and has been writing fairly steadily since leaving graduate school. The author was a well-regarded published author, a respected creative writing teacher at Louisiana State University and a World War II Naval veteran. In 1942, he enlisted in the Navy, serving aboard the USS Dyson, a destroyer in Arleigh Burke's Little Beaver Squadron. This squadron was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for it's exploits in the Solomon Islands. After the war, he graduated from Gettysburg College, started writing and attended graduate school at the University of Virginia. Based on his life experiences, Warren published three hardback books. His first novel published in 1953, Far From the Customary Skies, a NY Times bestseller, was about the men and life on a destroyer during the WWII Pacific campaign. In the novel No Country For Old Men, Warren revealed life during the Great Depression through a Pennsylvania youth's eyes. He wrote of struggles for power, love, revenge and disillusionment surrounding steel mill workers and their families. The third novel, The Goblins of Eros, was set in Narayit, Mexico. His interest in the villager's lives, Huitchole Indians, and conflicts with the Mexican military were the inspiration for this story of revolution filled with an intimate look into the lives of the infinitely diverse people living in Las Iguanas. More