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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987. First Edition. First Printing. 478, illus., maps, appendices, bibliography, index, price sticker on rear DJ, DJ in plastic sleeve, fore-edge soiled. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987. First Edition. First Printing. 478, illus., maps, appendices, bibliography, index, price sticker on rear DJ, DJ in plastic sleeve, fore-edge soiled. More
New York: Orion Books, 1989. First Edition. First Printing. 252, illus., maps, appendices, bibliography, index. More
Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1946. 351, illus., index, text somewhat darkened, library stamps, bkplate, & barcode, marker from bookplate transferred to front flyleaf. More
Fowlerville, Michigan: Wilderness Adventure Books, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [10], 328, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads "To David R. Wheelwright With kindest regards. John Harllee, November 15, 1990." Scratches on rear cover noted. John Harllee was retired Navy Rear Admiral and former chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. As a Lieutenant, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked on December 7, 1941. During World War II, he commanded a torpedo boat squadron in the Southwest Pacific that was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. He received the Silver Star and Legion of Merit. From 1947 to 1948, he served in the Navy's Congressional Liaison Unit on special assignment to John F. Kennedy when the future president was a member of Congress. During the Korean War, he served as executive officer aboard the cruiser Manchester, for which he was decorated with the Navy Commendation Medal. He retired from the Navy in 1959 with the rank of Rear Admiral. Admiral Harllee served as chairman of Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson in northern California during the 1960 presidential campaign. Kennedy appointed him to the newly formed Federal Maritime Commission in 1961. He was promoted to chairman of the commission in 1963 and was reappointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. He retired in 1969. He then worked as a maritime consultant until 1974. He traveled to more than 30 countries, including Morocco, Turkey, Russia and China. This is a work of fiction, which refers to historical personages and events, as well as battle conditions in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. More
Fowlerville, Michigan: Wilderness Adventure Books, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [10], 328, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page . Inscription reads "To Jo Ann and Tom Fulcher Sister-in-law and brother-in-law of Jack Fallin, the real life PT boat hero after whom the Fred Richards of this novel is closely patterned. With kindest regards John Harllee, November 16, 1990." This is a work of fiction, which refers to historical personages and events, as well as battle conditions in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. This is the saga of a man who loved a woman and ships and miraculously survived many action-packed adventures in war and peace to attain them. The story ranges from Australia to California. John Harllee was retired Navy Rear Admiral and former chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked on December 7, 1941. During World War II, he commanded a torpedo boat squadron in the Southwest Pacific that was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. He received the Silver Star and Legion of Merit. From 1947 to 1948, he served in the Navy's Congressional Liaison Unit on assignment to John F. Kennedy when the future president was a member of Congress. During the Korean War, he served as executive officer aboard the cruiser Manchester, for which he was decorated with the Navy Commendation Medal. He retired from the Navy in 1959 with the rank of Rear Admiral. Kennedy appointed him to the newly formed Federal Maritime Commission in 1961. He was promoted to chairman of the commission in 1963 and was reappointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. He retired in 1969. More
Fullerton, CA: Scale Specialties, 1987. First Printing [Stated]. Wraps. viii, [6], 198, [2] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Cover mimics the covered of a Secret Level classified document. Hard Lessons, Volume 1 is the initial offering of the Scale Specialties ARIES series A. The original document from which this series of reports are drawn were located in the National Archives and Records Administration Los Angeles, California branch; Record Group 181, Records of the 11th Naval District, Naval Operating Base, San Pedro, General Correspondence Series (from the Office of the Commandant), Folder: A16-3 Summary of information 1945, Box 107. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1986. First Edition. 224, illus., maps, bibliography, appendices, index, some wear to top and bottom edges of DJ. More
New York: Random House, 1991. First U.S. Edition. Second Printing. 569, illus., maps, note on sources, notes, index, slight wear to DJ. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. First Edition. 515, illus., endpaper maps, index, pencil name inside front flyleaf and p. vii, small tear at bottom corner of spine. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1943. War Edition. 148, ink name inside front flyleaf, boards soiled, stained, and foxed. More
Quantico, VA: The Marine Corps Accociation, 1959. First Edition. 249, wraps, illus., maps, tables, appendices, notes, bibliographical digests, index, some soiling to covers, spine worn. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 324, [4] pages. DJ has some wear and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. Private collector's bookplate inside the front cover and embossed seal on fep. Basil Heatter (1918-2009), the son of radio commentator Gabriel Heatter. He attended schools in Connecticut, then went abroad when was 16 for a two year travel stint through Europe. Returning to America, he went to work for a New York advertising agency. He enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and during WWII served as a skipper on a P.T. boat in the Southwest Pacific. Besides being a news commentator himself, Heatter wrote twenty novels of intrigue and adventure—beginning with The Dim View in 1946, the story of a young PT boat skipper—as well as several non-fiction works revolving around his love of the sea. In fact, he lived for years off Key West on his own self-built sailboat, The Blue Duck. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1954. 188, illus., fold-out maps at rear of vol., appendices, bibliography, index, edges of spine worn. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1954. Hardcover. 188 pages, illus., fold-out maps at rear of vol., appendices, bibliography, index, edges of spine worn, rough spot at rear. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. 138, illus., front flyleaf torn out, some foxing inside rear board, DJ quite worn and scuffed: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Schocken Books, 1989. Revised Edition. 111, illus., DJ edges worn and small tears. More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1943. 1st Pocket Bks Edition. First Printing. pocket paperbk, 121, wraps, illus., binding cracked at p. 92, weakness to covers, covers worn, soiled, and creased, cover and spine edges worn. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition. 278, illus., appendix, index, lib stamps, rough spots ins bds & rear flylf, tape stains ins flylves, DJ worn & soiled: small tears. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. x, 278 pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Appendix. Index. DJ is price-clipped and worn and soiled with small tears and chips. Some edge soiling. William N Hess is the official historian for the American Fighter Aces Association, and is one of the most highly respected aviation writers of his generation. A B-17 crewman during World War 2, Hess has written over 40 books during his long and distinguished career. From the point of view of the American fighters in the pacific. this book tells the historical and factual truth about the war. More
New York: Random House, 2010. Sixth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 473, [5] pages. Map. Illustrations. Notes. Index. The true story of a forgotten hero, Lt. Louis Zamperini, a World War II prisoner-of-war survivor. After his B-24 bomber crashed in the Pacific in 1941, he was captured by the Japanese, held at Ofuna, and severely beaten and mistreated by the sadistic Mutsuhiro Watanabe until the end of the war. Laura Hillenbrand (born May 15, 1967) is an American author of books and magazine articles. Her two best-selling nonfiction books, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001) and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010), have been adapted for film. Her writing style is distinct from New Journalism, dropping 'verbal pyrotechnics' in favor of a stronger focus on the story itself. Her books were written while she was disabled by that illness. In a 2014 interview, Bob Schieffer said to Laura Hillenbrand: "To me your story – battling your disease... is as compelling as his (Louis Zamperini's) story." Hillenbrand's essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Equus magazine, American Heritage, The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times, The Backstretch, Turf and Sport Digest, and other publications. Her 1998 American Heritage article on the horse Seabiscuit won the Eclipse Award for Magazine Writing. In 2015, she was interviewed by James Rosen, about how she had written Unbroken; She mentioned how her subject, Louis Zamperini, inspired her in facing her own life problems, with his unfailing optimism. Zamperini had read her essay about her own illness, which was partly why he opened up about his life so thoroughly. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. First Edition. 158, some foxing to text, discolor ins bds, paper clip marks on 1st few pgs, DJ quite worn: large tears, small pcs missing at spine. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. Third Printing. 158, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: tears in rear DJ, small piece missing at DJ spine. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. First Edition. 208, illus., endpaper maps, appendix, DJ scuffed and soiled: small tears along top and bottom edges. More
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, c1971. 208, illus., appendix. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1951. 169, illus., fold-out maps, endpaper map & illus., biblio, apps, index, bds quite worn, tears at spine & sm pcs spine missing. More