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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
de Bradley, James
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Like New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316105848
- ISBN 13
- 9780316105842
- Librería
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Little Brown and Company, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Inscribed on dedication page "Happy 60th Birthday! Love, Jim & Suzanne". The author is the son of Navy corpsman John Bradley, who was one of the soldiers depicted in the famous photograph of the raising of the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The book documents the backgrounds of several American airmen who flew raids over Japan during World War II, and includes interviews with Japanese veterans of the conflict as well as the family and friends of some of the American airmen. It describes an air raid over the island of Chichi-jima in which nine crewmen survived being shot down, with eight captured and subsequently killed and cannibalized by their captors. The ninth crewman and future US president, Lieutenant George H. W. Bush, eluded capture.
Sinopsis
FLYBOYS is the true story of young American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima. Eight of these young men were captured by Japanese troops and taken prisoner. Another was rescued by an American submarine and went on to become president. The reality of what happened to the eight prisoners has remained a secret for almost 60 years. After the war, the American and Japanese governments conspired to cover up the shocking truth. Not even the families of the airmen were informed what had happened to their sons. It has remained a mystery--until now. Critics called James Bradley's last book "the best book on battle ever written." FLYBOYS is even better: more ambitious, more powerful, and more moving. On the island of Chichi Jima those young men would face the ultimate test. Their story--a tale of courage and daring, of war and of death, of men and of hope--will make you proud, and it will break your heart.
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- Librería
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- SKU2010025084
- Título
- Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
- Autor
- Bradley, James
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316105848
- ISBN 13
- 9780316105842
- Editorial
- Little Brown and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Tamaño
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 25 oz
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