The Officers' Wives

Bookseller

Books of the World (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

RWARE0000000073

Title

The Officers' Wives

Author

Thomas J. Fleming

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Near Fine

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First Edition

ISBN 10

0385148054

ISBN 13

9780385148054

Publisher

Doubleday

Place of Publication

Garden City, New York

Date Published

March 1981

Pages

645

Size

8vo

Keywords

fiction, army, wives, military, West Point, military academy, Korea, Korean War, Vietnam, Vietnam War, marriage, military history, historical fiction

Bookseller catalogs

Military and Defense; Fiction; Asia; Vietnam and the Vietnam War;

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