The Big War
by Anton Myrer
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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TORRINGTON, Wyoming, United States
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Synopsis
They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: The Big War, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. This is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.
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Details
- Bookseller
- PRAIRIE CREEK BOOKS & TEA LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021672
- Title
- The Big War
- Author
- Anton Myrer
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- Mass Market
- Keywords
- Anton Myrer, Fiction, World War II, U. S. Marines
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