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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert LeckiePublisher: Ebury Publishing Imprint: Ebury Press Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.70cm Weight: 0.224kg ISBN: 9780091937515ISBN 10: 0091937515 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 03 February 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsHelmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie's theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who - somehow - survived -- Tom Hanks A powerful book that pulls no punches The New York Review of Books One hell of a book! The real stuff that proves the U.S. Marines are the greatest fighting men on earth! -- Leon Uris, Author Of Battle Cry Helmet for My Pillow is a grand and epic prose poem. Robert Leckie's theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific, written in the graceful imagery of a human being who - somehow - survived -- Tom Hanks A powerful book that pulls no punches * The New York Review of Books * One hell of a book! The real stuff that proves the U.S. Marines are the greatest fighting men on earth! -- Leon Uris, author of Battle Cry Author InformationRobert Leckie was born on December 18, 1920 in Philadelphia. After enlisting in the United States Marine Corps shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he worked in the 1st Marine Division as a machine gunner and as an intelligence scout during the Battle of Guadalcanal. He was later awarded the Purple Heart. Helmet for My Pillow received the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents' Annual Award in 1957. He died in December 2001. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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