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The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story Of The Doolittle Raid--America's First World War Ii Vict Ory
by Nelson, Craig
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0142003417
- ISBN 13
- 9780142003411
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Books, 2003. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Penguin Books Trade Paperback Edition (Fist Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Bibliographical References, Index And Chapter Notes. Pictorial Wraps With Red And Black Lettering On The Spine. The Page Edges Are Tanned.
Synopsis
Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, eighty brave young men, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, took off from a navy carrier in the mid-Pacific on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission but instead became a resounding American victory and helped turn the tide of the war. The First Heroes is the story of that mission. Meticulously researched and based on interviews with twenty of the surviving Tokyo Raiders, this is a true account that almost defies belief, a tremendous human drama of great personal courage, and a powerful reminder that ordinary people, when faced with extraordinary circumstances, can rise to the challenge of history.
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- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045310
- Title
- The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story Of The Doolittle Raid--America's First World War Ii Vict Ory
- Author
- Nelson, Craig
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0142003417
- ISBN 13
- 9780142003411
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 430
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Doolittle, James Harold, - 1896-1993; United States. - Army Air Forces - Biography; United States. - Army Air Forces - History - World War, 1939-1945; Tokyo (Japan) - History - Bombardment, 1942. World War II, Aviation
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Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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