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The Big War
by Anton Myrer
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060934735
- ISBN 13
- 9780060934736
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Henrico, Virginia, 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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- Bookseller
- Book People
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50904
- Title
- The Big War
- Author
- Anton Myrer
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060934735
- ISBN 13
- 9780060934736
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- December 2001
- Pages
- 512
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