9780760327708 - Tales From a Tin Can: The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay de Olson, Michael (34 résultats)

Etat : good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Etat : Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Etat : Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Etat : Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Etat : Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or limited writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Etat : Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardback. Etat : Good cover. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Previous owner's initials and date inside front; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 336 pages.

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. Book is clean and tight. Looks unread. The USS Dale, a destroyer of World War II in the Pacific theater. Front flap of dust jacket is a little stretched. ; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1.30 inches; 336 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. Pages clean and unmarked; boards and spine in excellent condition; dust jacket is clean. Compiled from interviews with 44 sailors, this book is an authoritative and human account of World War Two in the Pacific.Maps, B & W photographs.

Hardcover. Etat : VG. Etat de la jaquette : VG. Hardback first edition with clean covers and contents. Glossy, crisp DJ with minimal wear (no tears). Not a library discard. ;

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition. Some light shelf and use wear, including some wrinkles, otherwise appears to be a good clean copy!

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Marlene Olson (maps) and Tom Heffron (Cover) (illustrateur). Presumed First Edition, First printing. 336 pages. List of Maps. Illustrations. Appendices: The Crew. USS Dale World War II Battle Stars, Chronology: November 1941 to October 1945, and Task Force Assignments. Notes. Glossary of U.S. Navy Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Slang. Bibliography. Index. This book had gotten wet and there is mildew residue on DJ (outside and inside), covers, and some pages. Some page rippling. A completely readable copy, but far from a showpiece. Olson's Tales from a Tin Can: The U.S.S. Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, is an homage to his father, Robert "Pat" Olson, who served on the U.S.S. Dale for three years following the attack on Pearl Harbor. In researching the project, Olson intertwined material gleaned from a series of oral histories produced by crew members with information from the ship's log and other data he considered likely to give readers an accurate historical perspective. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly called Olson's effort "an impressive accomplishment, bringing vividly to life the actions of a single warship that fought across half the world." Booklist contributor Roland Green considered the book "a sound addition to World War II naval literature." When asked what first got him interested in writing, Olson told CA: "The desire to entertain and inform, which I saw, at a very early age, as a way of earning one's way in the world." Olson cited authors Ernest Hemingway and Robert A. Heinlein, NBC, and "all things ancient China," as influences on his work. He described his writing process as "The War of the Worlds: three a.m. to seven a.m." What was life like on a destroyer during World War II? Find out by reading Michael Keith Olson's superb telling of tales of the war in the Pacific as seen from the deck of a very lucky tin can . The son of a former Dale crewman, Olson interviewed 44 veterans and delved deeply into official documents to give this book the air of authenticity that puts the reader in the heart of the action. Tales from a Tin Can is the first oral history of one combat ship's adventures, sometimes comic, sometimes mundane, sometimes heart wrenching, over the entire course of America's involvement in the Pacific. An impressive accomplishment and highly recommended. This fascinating book captures not only the furious clashes with the Japanese but also the humdrum days in-between and the heart-stopping encounters with typhoons that could be as lethal as any engagement with the enemy. Anyone interested in stories from World War II will find this well-illustrated account of the naval campaign in the Pacific fascinating. Looking up from his newspaper from where he sat on the deck of the destroyer USS Dale, Harold Reichert could see the pilot plain as day--the leather helmet with chin strap, the goggles, and then the red rising sun painted on the planes fuselage. "I saw the torpedo drop and watched as it ran up on the old Utah." It was daybreak at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the beginning of the war, and the Dale was there; she would serve until the end, when the atomic bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered. In the words of those who manned her, the Dale's war comes vividly to life in this first oral history of a combat ship from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. From carrier raids on Midway, Guadalcanal, and the Solomons to the bombarding of Saipan and Guam in the capture of the Marianas, from the Aleutians in the far north to strikes on Tokyo and Kobe, Tales from a Tin Can recreates the action aboard the Dale, and conveys as never before the true grit of wartime on a destroyer.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 336pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Tight, perfectly pristine first edition.

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Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. Large book, quality dark blue cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, 336 pages including glossy photo section. DJ glossy beneath mylar of attacking ships, red at bottom front and spine, photo of sailor at top back. DJ has very light crease at top front and back edges. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st. 336pp; illustrated. Name, town and date on flyleaf. Neat clear tape reinforcement at key points on reverse of jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. First Edition. Inscribed by author. Also signed by Pat Olson? Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 336 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.