About this title: This collection is drawn from all American conflicts since the Civil War. Soldiers write about battle and about everything else under the sun. Some of these letters come from the famous, such as Gen. Sherman, Clara Barton and Ernie Pyle; others come from soldiers, sailors, flyers, nurses, journalists and others. All convey a sense of the individuals and their times as well as of the enduring American values of home, family, and country.
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by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), And Brinkley, Douglas G
price: $1.99
Ships from
NV,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 05/2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), And Brinkley, Douglas G
price: $1.99
Ships from
NV,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 05/2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), And Brinkley, Douglas G
price: $1.99
Ships from
NV,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 05/2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), And Brinkley, Douglas G
price: $1.99
Ships from
NV,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 05/2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), And Brinkley, Douglas G
price: $1.99
Ships from
NV,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 05/2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), and Brinkley, Douglas G (Foreword by)
price: $1.99
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CA,
USA
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Mint but for previous owner's sticker on front end page. Otherwise clean, unmarked, tight with no flaws. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New York Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 0000
Description: Good. Book in Good Condition. Reasonable wear. Still very useable. Clean, mark-free interior! SHIPS W/IN 24 HOURS! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), and Brinkley, Douglas G (Foreword by)
price: $1.99
Ships from
MD,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 491 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Black mark on edge of pages. read more
Edition: Abridged.
Binding: Audiobook cassette
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743508421ISBN:0743508424
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-Library book-on-tape with stickers and stampings. Clamshell has some typical wear. (W4) 4 cassettes. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
by
Carroll, Andrew (Editor), and Brinkley, Douglas G (Foreword by)
price: $1.99
Ships from
NC,
USA
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. vg+ or better. may be LN. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 496 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 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
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. 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
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. 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: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780743202947ISBN:0743202945
Description: Good in Good jacket. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
"These very personal letters & stories always get to me. Listened to the audiobook with letters read by Tom Brokaw, David Strathairn, Joan Allen & many more recognizable voices. Good stuff."
"My favorite quote from this book: "I wanna marry you...to spend the rest of my life with you telling me not to bite my fingernails." from a letter written by Sid Diamond, WWII"
"Phenomenal book. Carroll lost all his family's letters in a house fire and so wrote to Dear Abby to warn others of the danger of losing their history. He set up a post office box and volunteered to keep photocopies of anyone's letters. He received 50,000 responses. This books contains a few of them.
The narration gives some context, weaving together the different letters starting with the Civil War. FABULOUS!! I recommended that my library purchase the other audiobooks that Carroll has published because this was so good."
"This book fascinated me. I know that writing letters is becoming a lost art and so I was studying the history and also the craft of writing within it. I'll admit that I didn't get far into the Vietnam era before I had to stop. It was too hard to read. Maybe it's because my parents have talked about Vietnam with censure, or that I remember flashes of news from the first Gulf War, or that I have and had family and friends in Iraq and Afgahnistan as I was reading this, but I couldn't read it, couldn't finish past the Vietnam section. If nothing else these letters in their raw form make war more real and unromantic than anything I have ever read or watched even on the news. And that is probably a good thing."
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