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E.B. Sledge With the Old Breed (Paperback)

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Publication Name
With the Old Breed
Title
With the Old Breed
Subtitle
At Peleliu and Okinawa
ISBN-10
0891419195
EAN
9780891419198
ISBN
9780891419198
Release Year
2007
Release Date
09/25/2007
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Book Title
With the Old Breed : at Peleliu and Okinawa
Item Length
6.9in
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year
2007
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
E. B. Sledge
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Military / United States, Military
Item Width
4.2in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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"Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed . He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific--the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary--into terms we mortals can grasp."--Tom Hanks NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In The Wall Street Journal , Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War . Now E. B. Sledge's acclaimed first-person account of fighting at Peleliu and Okinawa returns to thrill, edify, and inspire a new generation. An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war's famous 1st Marine Division--3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Even after intense training, he was shocked to be thrown into the battle of Peleliu, where "the world was a nightmare of flashes, explosions, and snapping bullets." By the time Sledge hit the hell of Okinawa, he was a combat vet, still filled with fear but no longer with panic. Based on notes Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New Testament, With the Old Breed captures with utter simplicity and searing honesty the experience of a soldier in the fierce Pacific Theater. Here is what saved, threatened, and changed his life. Here, too, is the story of how he learned to hate and kill--and came to love--his fellow man. "In all the literature on the Second World War, there is not a more honest, realistic or moving memoir than Eugene Sledge's. This is the real deal, the real war: unvarnished, brutal, without a shred of sentimentality or false patriotism, a profound primer on what it actually was like to be in that war. It is a classic that will outlive all the armchair generals' safe accounts of--not the 'good war'--but the worst war ever."--Ken Burns

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0891419195
ISBN-13
9780891419198
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61654387

Product Key Features

Book Title
With the Old Breed : at Peleliu and Okinawa
Author
E. B. Sledge
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Personal Memoirs, Military / United States, Military
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
384 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
4.2in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz

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"Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed . He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinaryinto terms we mortals can grasp."Tom Hanks "In all the literature on the Second World War, there is not a more honest, realistic or moving memoir than Eugene Sledge's. This is the real deal, the real war: unvarnished, brutal, without a shred of sentimentality or false patriotism, a profound primer on what it actually was like to be in that war. It is a classic that will outlive all the armchair generals' safe accounts ofnot the "good war"but the worst war ever."Ken Burns, "Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed . He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific-the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary-into terms we mortals can grasp."-Tom Hanks   "In all the literature on the Second World War, there is not a more honest, realistic or moving memoir than Eugene Sledge's. This is the real deal, the real war: unvarnished, brutal, without a shred of sentimentality or false patriotism, a profound primer on what it actually was like to be in that war. It is a classic that will outlive all the armchair generals' safe accounts of-not the 'good war'-but the worst war ever."-Ken Burns From the Trade Paperback edition., "Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir,With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific -the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary-into terms we mortals can grasp."-Tom Hanks "In all the literature on the Second World War, there is not a more honest, realistic or moving memoir than Eugene Sledge's. This is the real deal, the real war: unvarnished, brutal, without a shred of sentimentality or false patriotism, a profound primer on what it actually was like to be in that war. It is a classic that will outlive all the armchair generals' safe accounts of-not the "good war"-but the worst war ever."-Ken Burns
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
940.54/252294
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by ml13
    Jan 04, 2019Top favorable review

    M U S T read

    This is the first book i read in 10 year. I’m not kidding. I wanted to read after i recently watched The Pacific. And oh boy, did I not regret picking up this book. I had to know what would happen on the next page, and the next. I read in the airport, in the plane and on the beach. This is as close as you can be in the thick of the brutal WWII Pacific battles. This book is as honest as can be. Get it as soon as you can. You will not regret it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: grandeagleretail

  • by backyardtime
    Sep 23, 2023

    A must read to understand the Old Breed that went to battle in the Pacific in WW 11.

    The product is 5 star because of the very good shape the used book is in. The author done an excellent job of describing the Hell of the intense fighting and the sacrifices these men made.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by lbarbwire21
    Apr 24, 2018

    most intense true story of the fight in the south pacific in WW11

    this is one of the best WW11 books that I have ever read and I have read about 100 of them so far The author puts you in the battle with himself and the other military people both army and marines and the attrosities that were carried out by the japanese

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: reefguy007

  • by we-wants-it
    Nov 29, 2019

    A real story

    As a Marine veteran of Vietnam, and the son of a WW2 Marine veteran I can identify closely with E.B. Sledge's experiences. His writings, even though somewhat painful, put me into the battle. It's comforting to see that others had those same fears and doubts and survived to have a full life.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • by biggybear88
    Jun 06, 2018

    With the Old Breed

    I really enjoyed this book. Was very honest view of the battles that took place in some of the worst conditions known to man. How Sledge Hammer was able to put these thoughts into such inspiring words is a testament to “the old breed”. Those men and women were wired to succeed and nothing less. Thank you all that served during WWII in Europe and The Pacific theatre. God bless you all. SEMPER FI SLEDGE HAMMER. Rest In Peace.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: goodie.depot

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