Author: CASEY, ROBERT J
Title: Torpedo Junction; with the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor to Midway,
Description: New York, NY: Halcyon House, 1944. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There is a small spot of sunning to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, tears, chips missing (mostly to the bottom spine end) , and overal wear and tear. "During the 1920s and 1930s, Casey traveled through Indochina, Cuba, Pitcairn Islands and Easter Island, and many other sites, and wrote about his adventures in newspaper columns and books. In 1940, Casey covered the blitz in London and its aftermath; he was also in Hawaii and the Pacific right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. After his coverage of World War II in France, Africa, and the Pacific, Casey came back to Chicago to write. He had been married to Marie Driscoll, who died in 1945; in 1946 Casey married Hazel MacDonald, a reporter and fellow Chicago-based foreign correspondent he first met in 1933. After Casey's retirement from the Daily News in 1947, he continued to write books and freelance newspaper articles. In 1955, he was named Press Veteran of the Year by the Chicago Press Veterans Association. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: World War II Robert J. Casey Pearl Harbor Pacific Theatre Midway Battle
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Title: Torpedo Junction; with the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor to Midway,
Description: New York, NY: Halcyon House, 1944. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There is a small spot of sunning to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, tears, chips missing (mostly to the bottom spine end) , and overal wear and tear. "During the 1920s and 1930s, Casey traveled through Indochina, Cuba, Pitcairn Islands and Easter Island, and many other sites, and wrote about his adventures in newspaper columns and books. In 1940, Casey covered the blitz in London and its aftermath; he was also in Hawaii and the Pacific right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. After his coverage of World War II in France, Africa, and the Pacific, Casey came back to Chicago to write. He had been married to Marie Driscoll, who died in 1945; in 1946 Casey married Hazel MacDonald, a reporter and fellow Chicago-based foreign correspondent he first met in 1933. After Casey's retirement from the Daily News in 1947, he continued to write books and freelance newspaper articles. In 1955, he was named Press Veteran of the Year by the Chicago Press Veterans Association. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: World War II Robert J. Casey Pearl Harbor Pacific Theatre Midway Battle
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 48996
- Book number: 48996
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