Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1977
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Binding is tight, text clean. No tears, folds or stains. Boards are clean with edge wear. Solid book, 284 pages, illustrated. 284 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index. Hardcover. 284 p. Includes maps and illustrations. read more
Description: Good. B001B3WSW8 This is a good looking, BOOK CLUB EDITION hardback book! There are signs of wear on corners/edges of DJ! The book looks very nice, though. Also, top corner of the first page has been clipped off. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a nice copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Viking Press
Date Published: 1977-01-01
Description: Good. Text in excellent condition. Previous library book with various markings, stamps, and card pocket. No dust jacket. Cover is slightly worn around the edges. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780671821760ISBN:0671821768
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780671821760ISBN:0671821768
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Description: Very Good. B000YN51C0 Great condition Book club edition Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, dust jacket great with some edge fraying and a couple small tears started, light shelf wear rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press
Date Published: 1977
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press
Date Published: 1977
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 1977
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
"Very interesting, VERY DETAILED tale of the crazy guys that watched the coast of the Pacific islands during WWII. It's a great story with some amazing pictures but, I think Lord gives a bit too much information. It's like a minute-by-minute account of what these guys did. My favorite part about the book was the JFK/PT 109 incident. Having worked at the JFK Library and having had to answer questions about this and the infamous coconut shell, it was interesting to finally get the "true" account of what really happened. But, at least according to Lord's account, JFK still comes off as a hero. :)"
"In this field of conflict, much has been owed by so many to so few, as Churchill said of his airmaen in the Battke if Britain. This book is about the coast watchers i the Solomon Islands during WW II. These heroic few hid in the jungle hills where they could see Japanese invading planes and ships, then radio warnings to our beliegered forces on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. Pilots who had been shot down and made their way to an island were taken to the coast watchers by natives. Rescues could then be arranged by seb or by seaplane. A lifelong personal friend of mine was saved by these amazing men on Choisel Is. after drifting in a life raft for fifteen days. My admiration knows no bounds. The author has done a superlative job of research and investisgation for this book. First class, cover to cover. Unfortunately, he did not include my friends experience. Americans, Australians, New Zeelanders and others have lost sight of the titanic struggle in the far Pacific, and the treachery and viciousness of the Japanese at that time. We berate ourselves about the A-Bomb, but forget the awful nature of the kind of war we were trying to stop."
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