Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. Third Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 22 cm. [8], 279, [1] pages. Illustrations. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ has slight edge wear. National Book Award Winner Gold Sticker on front of DJ. James P. Carroll (born January 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois, United States)[1] is an American author, historian, and journalist. A Roman Catholic reformer, he has written extensively about his experiences in the seminary and as a priest, and has published, besides novels, books on religion and history. He won the 1996 National Book Award for Nonfiction for An American Requiem, a memoir about the Vietnam War and his relationships with his father, the American military, and the Catholic Church. In an interview with the New York Times, Carroll explained why he wrote it: "I thought I would feel better. One of the effects of telling the story as I experienced it was for it to be redeemed, made meaningful. ...There's something tragic to the story I told." Nevertheless, after completing it, he said, instead of feeling relief, "I put my head down, and I wept." More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8],248 pages. James P. Carroll (born January 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American author, historian, and journalist. He has written extensively about his experiences in the seminary and as a priest, and has published books on religion and history. He won the 1996 National Book Award for Nonfiction for An American Requiem, a memoir about the Vietnam War and his relationships with his father, the American military, and the Catholic Church. He is the author of other books on religion and politics, including House of War, which won the first PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for non-fiction. Mr. Carroll's other works include the novels Secret Father, Prince of Peace, Mortal Friends in addition to plays and a book of poetry published. Carroll's work has received the Melcher Book Award, the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, and National Jewish Book Award in History, and has frequently been named among the Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times. More

Bennington, VT: Images from the Past, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 113, illus., chronology, bibliography. Inscribed by the author (James R. Carroll). More

New York: Random House, 1962. Second Printing. Hardcover. viii, 407, [1] pages. Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Biographical indexes. Roster. Index. Usual library markings, including library bookplate, stamps, & barcode. Soiling to fore-edge, boards and spine soiled, spine edges and board corners worn, small tears at spine, library call number on spine. Carroll Stewart was a military man who made a career as a reporter and journalist. . Stewart served with Kuroki in World War II. Dugan and Stewart's book Ploesti: The Great Ground-Air Battle of August has been called the definitive history of one of the greatest aviation battles in history; the book has been translated into at least 4 languages. James Dugan (May 7, 1912 – June 3, 1967) was a historian, editor and magazine article writer. During WWII he traveled to England with the Office of War Information. He was promoted to rank of corporal in medical corps at Fort Hancock, N.J. Dugan supervised French, German, Spanish and Russian classes for soldiers. Dugan also worked as a war correspondent in the European Theater. He served with the Army Air Corps during WWII. Dugan had a long-lasting connection with Jacques Cousteau. Dugan first met Cousteau in 1944 during the liberation of France. Much of his writing in the 1950s and 1960s concerns underwater exploration with Captain Jacques Cousteau. Dugan received the Grand Prix, Cannes International Film Festival award for the documentary The Silent World in 1956. He was also part of the team that produced the Academy Award-winning documentaries The Silent World (1956) and World Without Sun (1964). More