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Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
by Swofford, Anthony
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743235355
- ISBN 13
- 9780743235358
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. (7th) Black cloth spine, dark gray boards, very bright silver lettering on spine, 260 lightly browned pages plus brief biographical note. DJ has color photo of gyrene looking at oil wells on fire on front, spine and back. DJ has praise on back from Scott Anderson, Jay Williams, William Boyd, and Jonathan Strong, inside front flap from Martin Amis. DJ has very tiny nick at top front tip, light wear to back tips. Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
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
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26233
- Title
- Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
- Author
- Swofford, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0743235355
- ISBN 13
- 9780743235358
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- PERSIAN GULF WAR 1991 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY MILITARY HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- War-Combat; Marine Corps;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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