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Faces of War: The Untold Story of Edward Steichen's WWII Photographers
by Faram, Mark
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0425221407
- ISBN 13
- 9780425221402
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Berkley Caliber, 2009. Hardcover, white boards in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 240pp., Bibliography, Index. Copiously illustrated with vintage original photographs of the Pacific naval and air war against the Japanese in the Pacific. First edition, first printing. Includes DVD in sleeve at rear. Remainder stripe on bottom edge. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
A visually stunning collection that brings the soldiers' experience to vivid photographic life- includes a DVD. The Aviation Photographic Unit was a military unit unlike any other in World War II. Founded and led by legendary photographer Edward Steichen, the photographers in this unit gave Americans on the home front memorable and dramatic images of the people fighting the Navy's battles in the Pacific theater. Beginning with just half a dozen intrepid shutterbugs and expanding to ten battle-seasoned photographers, the unit covered everything from early aircraft raids to amphibious landings to the surrender in Tokyo Bay. With an estimated 14,000 images in the collection of the National Archives, the work of this talented photographic unit is historically significant not only as a visual record of the war, but also for its influence on generations of postwar photographers. Faces of War is a tribute to the vision of Edward Steichen, as well as the men who served under him, and most importantly to their subjects-the unsung heroes of the U.S. Navy. Steichen's unit included such well-known photographers as: LCdr. Horace Bristol Lt. Barrett Gallagher LCdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs Lt. Victor Jorgensen LCdr. Charles Kerlee LCdr. Dwight S. Long Lt. Wayne Miller
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011333
- Title
- Faces of War: The Untold Story of Edward Steichen's WWII Photographers
- Author
- Faram, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0425221407
- ISBN 13
- 9780425221402
- Publisher
- Berkley Caliber
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- World War II, Photographs, Aviation Photographic Unit, Edward Steichen, Pacific Theatre - Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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