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Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern

Door Phil Stern e.a.

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#234779
Titel
Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern
Auteur
Stern, Phil & Liesl Bradner
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Oxford : Osprey Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2018
ISBN10
147282850X
ISBN13
9781472828507
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs, small 4to.
Samenvatting
Prior to Phil Stern's death on December 13, 2014, his original, unfinished, tattered wartime memoir was discovered, stashed away in an old folio box in his cluttered Hollywood bungalow. Best remembered for his iconic images of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and JFK's inauguration, his remarkable service during World War II as a combat photographer with Darby's Rangers has remained largely unknown. Until now. Stern's catchy 1940s lingo, honest and intimate observations, and humor, paired with his striking combat photography, transport the reader 70 years back in time to meet the hardscrabble Rangers and experience some of the key battles of the Mediterranean Theater. Snapdragon is an artifact of that time, told not by a man reminiscing in his twilight years, but by a young soldier fresh from t... (Lees verder)he battlefields.
Pagina's
312
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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