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City Of Darkness
by Ben Bova
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0425057747
- ISBN 13
- 9780425057742
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley NY 1982 165 Pages. First Thus Edition Near fine with light wear to the head of the spine. See photos. Sr 2/7
Synopsis
On April 9, 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. But a few hundred Americans placed their faith in their own hands and headed for the jungles. One of them was twenty-three-year-old Clay Conner Jr., who had never even camped before . . . The obstacles to Conner’s survival were as numerous as the enemy soldiers who ultimately put a price on his head: among them malaria, heat, jungle rot, snakes, and mosquitoes. Beyond that, the human threats of betrayal, capture, torture, and death. And, finally, he had to overcome self-doubt, struggle with the despair of burying comrades, deal with friction among his fellow American soldiers, and find a way to survive. But if conflict reveals character, Conner showed himself to be a man apart. Inspired by an unlikely alliance with a tribe of arrow-shooting pygmies, by the words in a dog-eared New Testament, and by a tattered American flag that he vowed to someday triumphantly fly at battalion headquarters, Conner emerged victorious from the jungle—after almost three years. Resolve is the story of an unlikely hero who never surrendered to the enemy—and of a soldier who never gave up hope.
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91961
- Title
- City Of Darkness
- Author
- Ben Bova
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first thus
- ISBN 10
- 0425057747
- ISBN 13
- 9780425057742
- Publisher
- Berkley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- science fiction, action, adventure high tech horror
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech;
- Size
- 16mo
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We are biblioboybiblioboy dealers in Books, Stamps, Ephemera, Victorian Trade cards, Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Engravings, and much more. I started out as a book collector and soon progressed to owning a book store with over 80,000 books and more than 10,000 pieces of ephemera, postcards, and other items. I exhibited my stock for years at book and paper shows around the eastern United States. As the book and paper business has changed over the years, I have changed the way I do business to evolve with the times. I now offer my items for sale on the web only, through my various listing services and web sites. Being a a collector, as well as a dealer, I understand the importance of condition, as well as rarity of an item, and the desire to own scarce and one of a kind items.
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