Bridges At Toko-Ri
by James A. Michener
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- Paperback
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- Mass Market Paperback, Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0552082996
- ISBN 13
- 9780552082990
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Slight tanning, else content appears as unblemished with good wraps displaying moderate surface/edge wear, as shown.
The complex operations of a task force in February Korean waters range from sea to land and air as the vulnerable but elusive bridges of Toko-Ri, over which pass Communist supplies for the central and eastern fronts and which are guarded by concentrated mountains, narrow passes and gun emplacements, are the targets for destruction. Admiral Tarrant is the genius of the combat command of Task Force 77; Beer Barrel is the miracle man who brings the planes and jets aboard the carrier Savo; Mike Forney and Nestor Gamidge are the 'copter boys who rescue the ditched pilots; Harry Brubaker is the jet pilot, recalled from civilian life, who is bitterly resentful of the part he must play. Rescued by Forney and Gamidge, he has a short reunion with his wife and children on liberty where Tarrant tries to pass on some of his philosophy of voluntary man, the unfair weight of war, resolute spirits and a sense of human life beyond personal feelings. Brubaker saves Forney and Gamidge when they pull the town apart and, returned for a successful photographing of the bridges, he is offered a chance by Tarrant to beg off. On his next flight he is shot down and the 'copter boys die with him as the Communists close in. The interlocking of timing, men and machines, the stupendous quality of jet flight and warfare, the human element — in emergency, danger and personal lives — are here in a sharp, short, telling tribute. Full Life production and big guns from the publisher may make this happy-talk for the bookseller.
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Synopsis
James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home . Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5704-100821
- Title
- Bridges At Toko-Ri
- Author
- James A. Michener
- Book Condition
- Used - Mass Market Paperback, Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Corgi Reissue
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0552082996
- ISBN 13
- 9780552082990
- Publisher
- Corgi Books
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 106
- Keywords
- Thriller
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