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An Album of Memories; Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375505814
- ISBN 13
- 9780375505812
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 2001 Random House, New York, NY. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($29.95). Black grained boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 314 pp 4to. This is an American family album of stories from the Greatest Generation that tells of life as it was lived during the Depression and World War II preserved in their own words. Members of the Greatest Generation describe their war as well as their lives and that of their families on the home front. This book preserves a people's rich historical heritage and the legacy of a nation's heroism in war and its courage in peace and hot it helped shaped the world we live in today. A clean very presentable copy.
Synopsis
A seventeen-year-old who enlisted in the army in 1941 writes to describe the Bataan Death March. Other members of the greatest generation describe their war -- in such historic episodes as Guadalcanal, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and Midway -- as well as their life on the home front. In this beautiful American family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia, and photographs, history comes alive and is preserved, in people's own words and through photographs and time lines that commemorate important dates and events. Starting with the Depression and Pearl Harbor, on through the war in Europe and the Pacific, this unusual book preserves a people's rich historical heritage and the legacy of the heroism of a nation.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004151
- Title
- An Album of Memories; Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation
- Author
- Tom Brokaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375505814
- ISBN 13
- 9780375505812
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- World War II, WWII in the Pacific, WWII in Europe, memoirs, war photography, personal photographs of WWII, war experiences, World War II, WWII in the Pacific, WWII in Europe, memoirs, war photography, personal photographs of WWII, war experiences, the hom
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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