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The raft
by Trumbull, Robert. ; foreword and afterword by John M. Waters. ; painting, Jonathan Carlson ; design, Pamela Lewis Schnitter
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1557508275
- ISBN 13
- 9781557508270
- Seller
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1992, 1942, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. xvii, 213 pages : map ; 22 cm ; ISBN: 1557508275 ((acid-free paper)); 9781557508270 ((acid-free paper)) LCCN: 91-25085 ; LC: D790; Dewey: 940.54/8173 ; OCLC: 24173908 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; "When a plane carrying three airmen fails to return from its bombing mission on January 16, 1942, the U.S. Navy can afford only a brief search before giving the men up as dead. Pacific Ocean resources are stretched thin following the destruction at Pearl Harbor that led America into war a month earlier. But the three airmen survive their crash." ; "A gripping account of three naval airmen adrift in the Pacific for 34 days. Interviews with the pilot form the basis for this epic tale of survival." ; Reprint of the 1942 ed. with a new foreword and afterword, copyright 1992. ; store stamp ; front endpaper corner-clipped, remains of label on back cover ; else VG.
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- Joseph Valles - Books
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- Title
- The raft
- Author
- Trumbull, Robert. ; foreword and afterword by John M. Waters. ; painting, Jonathan Carlson ; design, Pamela Lewis Schnitter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1557508275
- ISBN 13
- 9781557508270
- Publisher
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1992, 1942
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. wwii Shipwrecks -- Pacific Ocean. Airplane crash survival. aircraft albatross aviation badly bail began beneath bird blow boat bomber bottom boys chart chief close clothes coconut Dixon dorsal fin dri
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