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Item Specifics
Brand / Publisher: Various (Houghton Mifflin, Ballantine, St. Martin's Griffin, Pocket Books, Broadway)
Topic: U.S. Marine Corps History, Military Memoirs, War Fiction & Nonfiction
Format: Paperback / Hardcover Lot
Number of Books in Set: 6 Books
Condition: Used (Great vintage/reading condition with shelf wear consistent with age)
Description
Item Overview & History
Up for sale is a curated 6-book bundle focusing on the profound history, grueling combat realities, and leadership experiences of United States Marines and service members across multiple conflicts (from World War I and World War II to Vietnam and the modern era). This collection features critically acclaimed memoirs, biographies, and historical accounts written by veterans and esteemed historians.
What Is Contained in This 6-Book Lot:
1. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick
Printed: Published in 2005.
Description: A gripping memoir by a Dartmouth graduate who became a captain in the elite 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, USMC, leading men in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Critical Acclaim & Reading List: Highly acclaimed, a New York Times bestseller, and featured on professional military and Commandant of the Marine Corps reading lists.
2. I'm Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC by Jim Proser with Jerry Cutter
Printed: Published in 2010 (adapted into the HBO miniseries The Pacific).
Description: The authorized biography of legendary Medal of Honor recipient Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, detailing his heroic actions at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
Critical Acclaim & Reading List: Widely praised for bringing a deeply personal, first-person perspective to WWII Marine history.
3. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B. Sledge
Printed: Originally published in 1981 (this edition later).
Description: Universally regarded as one of the finest and most harrowing personal memoirs of the Pacific War, written by a mortarman with the 1st Marine Division.
Critical Acclaim & Reading List: Critically acclaimed as a masterpiece of war literature and prominently featured on the Commandant of the Marine Corps Professional Reading List.
4. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Printed: Originally published in 1990.
Description: A seminal work of semi-autobiographical fiction about a platoon of American soldiers (including infantrymen and grunts) facing the psychological weight of the Vietnam War.
Critical Acclaim & Reading List: A Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Award finalist, widely acclaimed as a landmark classic of American literature and included on military reading lists.
5. The Proud Bastards: One Marine's Journey from Parris Island through the Hell of Vietnam by E. Michael Helms
Printed: Published in 1990.
Description: A raw, visceral memoir following the author's transformation through boot camp at Parris Island straight into fierce combat with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines during the Tet Offensive era in Vietnam.
Critical Acclaim & Reading List: Celebrated by fellow authors as a classic, gritty grunt-level account of the Vietnam War.
6. The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Printed: Originally published in 1962.
Description: A monumental historical masterpiece detailing the dramatic opening month of World War I, setting the geopolitical stage for the 20th-century conflicts that shaped modern military history.
Critical Acclaim & Reading List: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; widely considered a historic masterpiece of non-fiction.
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