The storm on our shores : one island, two soldiers, and the forgotten battle of World War II / Mark...
The storm on our shores : one island, two soldiers, and the forgotten battle of World War II / Mark...
The storm on our shores : one island, two soldiers, and the forgotten battle of World War II / Mark Obmascik.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Atria Books, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/2403
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xvii, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Delivery -- Love -- Homeland -- Isolation -- Conscripted -- Trapped -- Escape -- Pearl -- Conquered -- Heartsick -- Attu -- Quagmire -- Sunday -- Come On, Let's Go! -- Bushido -- Fog -- News -- Fury -- Joy and Laura -- Home -- Quest -- Deliverance -- Return.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Atria Books, 2019.
Edition
First Astria Books hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"From a bestselling author, the heartbreaking, redemptive story of two World War II soldiers whose fateful encounter in the Forgotten War of Alaska has fascinated Americans for decades. In researching his bestselling book The Big Year, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Obmascik rediscovered a long-lost document from World War II: the diary of...
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The storm on our shores : one island, two soldiers, and the forgotten battle of World War II / Mark Obmascik.
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Notes
General note
Maps on lining pages.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
G 2019/2403
Record Identifier
74VKVxpNpykO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxpNpykO
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ISBN
9781451678376 (hardback)
1451678371
9781451678383 (paperback)
145167838X
DDC
940.5428
MMS ID
991024244713202626
