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LIFE AND DEATH ON THE GREENLAND PATROL, 1942
by Novak, Thaddeus D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0813029120
- ISBN 13
- 9780813029122
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, (2005).. (2005).. Fine. - Octavo, light blue paper covered boards backed with blue cloth in a dust wrapper. xx, [i], 205 & [1] pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including maps. Fine. <p>First edition.<p>Edited by P. J. Capelotti. A title in the series "New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archeology" edited by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith, who contributed the foreword to the book.<p>"One of the untold stories of World War II is the guarding of Greenland and its coastal waters, where the first U.S. capture of an enemy ship took place...." The diary kept by Thaddeus Nowakowski [now Novak] is "the only known diary of an enlisted Coast Guard sailor to emerge from WWII."
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23606
- Title
- LIFE AND DEATH ON THE GREENLAND PATROL, 1942
- Author
- Novak, Thaddeus D
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0813029120
- ISBN 13
- 9780813029122
- Publisher
- Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, (2005).
- Place of Publication
- Gainesville, Fl, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- (2005).
- Keywords
- MILITARY; NAVAL & MARITIME; WORLD WAR II; NORTH ATLANTIC; ARCTIC; U.S. COAST GUARD; LIFE AND DEATH ON THE GREENLAND PATROL, 1942; THADDEUS NOVAK; COAST GUARD SAILOR; DIARY; P. J. CAPELOTTI; JAMES C. BRADFORD; GENE A. SMITH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Naval & Maritime;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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