War, Wings, and a Western Youth 1925-1945
by Ted C. Hinckley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1571970096
- ISBN 13
- 9781571970091
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, 1996 Pentland Press, Raleigh, NC. 1996. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Black boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 165 pp 8vo. This book details historian Ted C. Hinckley's formative years as a Pasadena CA youth followed by wartime duty with the Navy's famed Torpedo Squadron Six. The author tells how prewar America- family, community, nation- so shaped the outlook and attitudes of one young boy that it inevitably resulted in his call to the colors sustaining him in the grueling action-filled struggles against the kamikaze of Okinawa and Japan. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004312
- Title
- War, Wings, and a Western Youth 1925-1945
- Author
- Ted C. Hinckley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1571970096
- ISBN 13
- 9781571970091
- Publisher
- Pentland Press
- Place of Publication
- Raleigh, NC
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Torpedo Squadron Six, US Naval Aviation, World War II in the Pacific, kamikaze, Battle of Okinawa, Invasion of Japan, military service, Pasadena California, NATTC Memphis, USS Ranger, torpedo bombers, USS Hancock, USS Enterprise, Dauntless Avenger, Great
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft; Memoirs;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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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