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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
by Swofford, Anthony
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743235355
- ISBN 13
- 9780743235358
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Scribner, 2003-01-01. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 5x0x8. Signed by Author. Inscribed by Swofford on title page: "To Brian stay safe and peace go Army" Pages are clean, but there is isolated soil on front pastedown and leading edge of text block. Boards are soiled with what appears to have been oil or grease in isolated spots. Dust jacket shows mild wear to edges and sticker ghosts to bottom rear.
Synopsis
A memoir of the Gulf War by a front-line infantry marine recounts his struggles with the conflict on the front lines, his girlfriend's infidelity, his battles with fear and suicide, his brushes with death, and his identity as a soldier and an American.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PARSswoJ
- Title
- Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
- Author
- Swofford, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd printing
- ISBN 10
- 0743235355
- ISBN 13
- 9780743235358
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003-01-01
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 17 oz
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Text Block
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...