The Big War: National Bestseller – A Panoramic WWII Epic of Marines in the Pacific and the Love They Left Behind - Couverture souple

Myrer, Anton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060934735 ISBN 13 : 9780060934736

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2001

Synopsis

“One must go back to All Quiet on the Western Front to find another novel as charged as this one!” — Philadelphia Inquirer

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The magnificent and panoramic novel of World War II Marines in the Pacific by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once An Eagle and A Green Desire

They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story.

The Big War is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Anton 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

While attending Harvard University, Anton Myrer (1922-1996) enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps immediately after the Pearl Harbor attacks. He served for three years during World War II until he was wounded in the Pacific. He is also the author of the novels The Big War, The Last Convertible, and A Green Desire.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060934735
• ISBN 13: 9780060934736
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
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