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Between Tedium and Terror: A Soldier's World War II Diary, 1943-45
by Sy M. Kahn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0252018583
- ISBN 13
- 9780252018589
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993 University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL. 1993. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light soiling to textblock top. DJ: Very Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; light crease to rear flap fold. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 363 pp 8vo. The author was a 19 year old Army soldier in World War II who saw action in Australia, New Guinea, South Pacific Islands, and a D-Day landing on Luzon. During these actions, the author kept a journal which provided the both sanity and sanctuary in his daily entries amidst the immediacy of danger, and the tedium of work, heat, humidity, and mind numbing routine. After surviving four campaigns and over 300 air attacks, he and his company was sent to Japan to occupy the Yokohama area after the two atomic bombs were dropped. This diary is a rare window into the world of boys suddenly transported into a world of impossibility and sudden death. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015323
- Title
- Between Tedium and Terror: A Soldier's World War II Diary, 1943-45
- Author
- Sy M. Kahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0252018583
- ISBN 13
- 9780252018589
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana, IL
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- World War II, United States Army, World War II in the Pacific, Atomic Bombs, Yokohama Japan, Luzon, New Guinea, 244th Port Company, Army Transportation Corps, malaria, jaundice, racial prejudice, anti-semitic attitudes, Cape Gloucester, Hollandia, Biak Is
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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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