Almost a Century: An American Life East and West of Suez, Volume 1 & 2 Tapa dura - 2017

Small Batch Books, 2017. New in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Small Batch Books, 2017. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in like new condition. Complete 2 volume set. A clean copy in excellent condition, appears unread. Sealed in original wrapping. Includes slipcase in like new condition. The binding is tight; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Amherst, MA: Small Batch Books, 2015. Special Edition . Quarter Calf. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An American Life Wast and West of Suez. In almost a century, Americans went from traveling by horse to train to car to plane. In almost a century, human lives were taken by in?uenza, polio, whooping cough, and AIDs, and saved by vaccines, antibiotics, and other medical advances. In almost a century, people communicated by mail, then phone, and now Internet. In almost a century, the United States grew from small-town isolationism to global interventionism and entered into two world wars. In almost a century, Walter J. P. Curley, like millions of other Americans, was born, raised, and lived through this vortex of cultural, scientific, technological, and historic change. Now, at 94, Curley, a decorated Marine Corps officer, former U.S. Ambassador to France and Ireland, successful businessman, and author of several books, takes a long look back at almost a century-one in… Leer más