Guard of Honor (Modern Library Giant)
by COZZENS, James Gould
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679603050
- ISBN 13
- 9780679603054
- Seller
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Synopsis
for the ceremonial guard see Guard of honour Guard of Honor is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by James Gould Cozzens published in 1948. The novel is set during World War II, with most of the action occurring on or near a fictional Army Air Forces base in central Florida. The action occurs over a period of approximately 48 hours. The novel is chapterless in form, using three progressively longer parts entitled "Thursday", "Friday" and "Saturday".
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82831
- Title
- Guard of Honor (Modern Library Giant)
- Author
- COZZENS, James Gould
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679603050
- ISBN 13
- 9780679603054
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 0679603050
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize;
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