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SHAN: The Mountain - Couverture souple

Olson, Walter

 
9780595366200: SHAN: The Mountain
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595366201 ISBN 13 : 9780595366200
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

This is the story of a 17 year old private who earned his spurs as a horse cavalryman at Fort Riley, Kansas and then found himself in the jungles of Burma. He was no longer a proud trooper, he became a dogface, an infantryman fighting not only the tenacious Japanese but the jungle monsoons, malaria and other diseases. His life became a series of adventures taking him to China and the ultimate challenge.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the story of a 17 year old private who earned his spurs as a horse cavalryman at Fort Riley, Kansas and then found himself in the jungles of Burma. He was no longer a proud trooper, he became a dogface, an infantryman fighting not only the tenacious Japanese but the jungle monsoons, malaria and other diseases. His life became a series of adventures taking him to China and the ultimate challenge.

Biographie de l'auteur

Walter H. Olson enlisted to fight in World War II along with hundreds of thousands of other young men. Born in Chicago in the late 1920s, Wally has lived a full life as a soldier, a steelworker on high-rises in Chicago during the 1950s, a radio broadcaster, a salesman and most recently as a writer.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595366201
ISBN 13 
9780595366200
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
84
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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