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Tucker's People

By: Ira Wolfert

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When Tucker's People was published in 1943 it was praised by the New York Times for its blowtorch intensity. The idea for Tucker's People stemmed from Ira Wolfert's coverage as a reporter of the trial of James Jimmy Hines, a Tammany Hall district leader who was prosecuted by Thomas E. Dewey for letting Dutch Schultz take over the numbers game in New York. It is a penetrating, sympathetic novel of frustration and insecurity, a story of little people, many of them decent people, battling against forces they are too feeble to resist and too simple to understand, according to the Saturday Review of Literature.

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University of Illinois Press

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ISBN 10

0252065980

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9780252065989

Battle for the Solomons

By: Ira Wolfert

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Battle for the Solomons

By: Ira Wolfert

Battle for the Solomons is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ira Wolfert's dazzling account of the fierce land, sea, and air fighting in the Solomon Islands during 1942. Wolfert was in the thick of it, facing death alongside the troops, and he reproduces events as they happen in real time, making for a tense, suspenseful read. Wolfert risked his life for the sake of authenticity, and, despite the odds, he lived to write this, one of the most remarkable combat memoirs of World War 2.

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107

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Lulu.com

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0359922821

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9780359922826

Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

By: Ira Wolfert

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Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

By: Ira Wolfert

Torpedo 8 is the epic story of the death and rebirth of the famous bomber squadron led by Lieutenant Harold "Swede" Larsen. VT-8 rose from the ashes of the Battle of Midway to become an indispensable air arm in the series of engagements for the Solomon Islands and beyond. In three months, the crack squadron carried out thirty-nine attack missions, sixteen against ships, twenty-three against ground targets. Their motto following the tragedy at Midway was "Attack and Revenge.

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140

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Lulu.com

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0359801528

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9780359801527

Battle For The Solomons [Illustrated Edition]

By: Ira Wolfert

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Battle For The Solomons [Illustrated Edition]

By: Ira Wolfert

Includes the Island War In The Pacific Illustration Pack – 152 maps, plans and photos. Pulitzer Prize winning author Ira Wolfert provides a gripping eye-witness account of one of the pivotal campaigns of the Second World War. The campaign to liberate the Solomon islands from Japanese domination, which had crept sloe to cutting off Australia and New Zealand, was hugely important in regaining the initiative for the Allies in the Pacific. The action in this account is centered around the legendary fighting on Guadalcanal, in the air, on the sea and on the land. The author toured the area recording the thoughts, feelings and anecdotes of the American Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who fought this brutal but successful campaign. Weaving all of these parts into a narrative of vivid clarity he captured the spirit of the “Greatest Generation” as they faced their most implacable enemy, the forces of Imperial Japan.

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386

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786251841

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9781786251848

Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

By: Ira Wolfert

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Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

By: Ira Wolfert

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Tucker's People

Tucker's People

Battle for the Solomons

Battle for the Solomons

Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

Battle For The Solomons [Illustrated Edition]

Battle For The Solomons [Illustrated Edition]

Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron

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