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Once There Was a War
John Steinbeck
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Description for Once There Was a War
Paperback. Offers a collection of some of the finest correspondence from the Second World War, this book includes author's original introduction and recounts the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special operations unit off the coast of Italy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
'Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys?' Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height. He begins in England, recounting the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special operations unit off the coast of Italy. Eating, drinking talking and fighting alongside the soldiers, Steinbeck's empathy for the common man is always in evidence in these pieces, ... Read more
'Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys?' Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height. He begins in England, recounting the courage of the bomber crews, the tragic air-raids and the strangeness of the British, before being sent to Africa and joining a special operations unit off the coast of Italy. Eating, drinking talking and fighting alongside the soldiers, Steinbeck's empathy for the common man is always in evidence in these pieces, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141186320
SKU
V9780141186320
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About John Steinbeck
Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. His complete works will be published in Penguin Modern Classics.
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