A Distant Prayer: Miracles of the 49th Combat Mission
by Joseph Banks, Jerry Borrowman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1598114948
- ISBN 13
- 9781598114942
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2001 Covenant Communications, American Fork, UT. 2001. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 13th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to tips; light rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 145 pp 8vo. This is the remarkable World War II story of Joseph Banks, a young Latter-day Saint and lone survivor of his B-17 that was downed during a dangerous bombing run over Germany on his 49th mission- one mission from going home. A prisoner of war, he overcame impossible odds to mount a miraculous escape and return safely to his wife and young son. This inspirational story of one man's faith, prayer, and unwavering courage in the face of overwhelming adversity.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012850
- Title
- A Distant Prayer: Miracles of the 49th Combat Mission
- Author
- Joseph Banks, Jerry Borrowman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1598114948
- ISBN 13
- 9781598114942
- Publisher
- Covenant Communications
- Place of Publication
- American Fork, UT
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Flight engineer, B-17, Army Air Corps, World War II, LDS, Latter-Day Saints, Polesti Romania, Prisoner of War of the Germans, German Army, European Theater of War, disabled veteran,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
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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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.