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Once a Legend: Red Mike Edson of the Marine Raiders
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Once a Legend: Red Mike Edson of the Marine Raiders Hardcover - 1994

by Jon Hoffman

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  • Hardcover
  • first

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San Francisco: Presidio, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Very lightest wear to tips, corners and edges of the book and jacket, notation "war" to the front endpaper, else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. The biography of a Marine Corps legend. At the start of World War II Merritt A. Edson was sent as the Commanding officer of the Marine Raiders and earned his second Navy Cross on Tulagi. When his unit was sent to fight on Guadalcanal, Colonel Edson led his men in the fighting for which he would later receive the Medal of Honor. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997.
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  • Title Once a Legend: Red Mike Edson of the Marine Raiders
  • Author Jon Hoffman
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 434
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Presidio, San Francisco
  • Date 1994
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1002539
  • ISBN 9780891414933 / 0891414932
  • Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.41 x 1.64 in (23.67 x 16.28 x 4.17 cm)
  • Reading level 1200
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93041682
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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