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Looking for a Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War
by Peter Maslowski, Don Winslow (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0803232446
- ISBN 13
- 9780803232440
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2004 University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by the author on the title in silver Sharpie. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bend to rear upper tip. DJ: Near Fine; Price Clipped; light rubbing to panels; light bumping to head and tail. Green buckram boards and spine with gilt lettering and borders on spine. 618 pp 8vo. Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. This book extracts the real Joe Hooper from the welter of lies and myths that swirl around his story; in doing so, the book uncovers not only the complicated truth about an American hero but also the story of how Hooper's war was lost in Vietnam, not at home. Extensive interviews with friends, fellow soldiers, and family members reveal Hooper as a complex, gifted, and disturbed man and expose the flaws in his earning the Medal of Honor. In the distortions, half-truths, and outright lies that mar Hooper's medal of honor file, the authors a painful reflection of the army's inability to be honest with itself and the American public, with all the dire consequences that this dishonesty ultimately entailed. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012838
- Title
- Looking for a Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War
- Author
- Peter Maslowski, Don Winslow (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0803232446
- ISBN 13
- 9780803232440
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, NE
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Vietnam War, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor, soldier, biography, PTSD, military biography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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