Author: LORD, WALTER
Title: Day of Infamy Pearl Harbour
Description: London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1957. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Map Endpapers. Shelf wear evident on DJ, with short tears, creasing and chipping, blue cloth boards have corner bumps. Previous owner's name in ink on half-title page. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages; "Walter Lord interviewed nearly 600 participants in the tragic and treacherous attack on the USA's prime Pacific naval base in the Hawaiian Islands. From about half an hour before the attack to the realization later in the day that the pride of the American navy lay sunk or burning in the oil-blackened, wreckage-strewn waters of the harbour, the reader is given the authentic picture. It is an immensely human story - the numbed shock of the survivors, the enthusiasm of the Japanese pilots and the bravery of American sailors as well as the bewilderment and sometimes panic of the participants - is vividly described.". Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Pearl Harbor WWII Japan Militaria
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Title: Day of Infamy Pearl Harbour
Description: London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1957. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Map Endpapers. Shelf wear evident on DJ, with short tears, creasing and chipping, blue cloth boards have corner bumps. Previous owner's name in ink on half-title page. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages; "Walter Lord interviewed nearly 600 participants in the tragic and treacherous attack on the USA's prime Pacific naval base in the Hawaiian Islands. From about half an hour before the attack to the realization later in the day that the pride of the American navy lay sunk or burning in the oil-blackened, wreckage-strewn waters of the harbour, the reader is given the authentic picture. It is an immensely human story - the numbed shock of the survivors, the enthusiasm of the Japanese pilots and the bravery of American sailors as well as the bewilderment and sometimes panic of the participants - is vividly described.". Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Pearl Harbor WWII Japan Militaria
Price: US$ 16.50 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 18634
- Book number: 18634
See more books from our catalog: Militaria::Naval::US