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No Greater Sacrifice, No Greater Love: a Son's Journey to Normandy
by Carter, Walter Ford
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1588341593
- ISBN 13
- 9781588341594
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2004. Rare Signed First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. First Edition with full numberline. 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 199 pages illustrated with black and white photographs. From jacket: "This is a powerful story of heroism, loss and love in World War II, as seen through the intimate lens of one family's experience, one family's war... Growing up, Walter Carter knew only a few basic facts about his father: He was a family doctor who volunteered for the Army, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day, was killed by sniper fire 11 days later while trying to rescue a wounded soldier... ...in 1995, Walter find his life transformed when he discovers... a journal and some 150 letters that his father had written in the months, weeks, and days before his death..." Some light wear and light soil to jacket, large price sticker on back of jacket. Front board is warped; bumped bottom corner of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004303
- Title
- No Greater Sacrifice, No Greater Love: a Son's Journey to Normandy
- Author
- Carter, Walter Ford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 1588341593
- ISBN 13
- 9781588341594
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Elmer Norval carter; Emma Ferne carter; United States army; Medical personel; Biography; World War II; World War 2; World War two; Army spouses; france; campaigns; Normandy; signed; Autographed;memoir; Autobiography; inscribed; Terry Golway; Normandy; Wor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Signed; First Editions; War; Autobiography and Memoir;
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