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      The Big War

      by Anton Myrer
      Published
      Dec 2001
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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      512
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      They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: The Big War, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. This is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.

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      Action Adventure

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      Military

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      Jun 1981 Berkley ISBN13 9780425046722 ISBN10 0425046729
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      Apr 1983 Berkley ISBN13 9780425057216 ISBN10 0425057216
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      Jan 2001 HarperPerennial ISBN13 9780060934736 ISBN10 0060934735
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      Jan 2009 Harper ISBN13 9780061856730 ISBN10 0061856738
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      Oct 2009 HarperCollins ISBN10 B0014H32B2
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