Author: SHENK, Robert (editor)
Title: Authors at Sea: Modern American Writers Remember Their Naval Service
Description: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 318pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine second printing of this anthology of nautical excerpts from noted writers who served in World War Two with the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is an outstanding content Typed Letter Signed from one of the authors whose work appears in this volume -- Kenneth Dodson (1920-2009), officer aboard the famed attack transport USS Pierce, which became the focus of his 1954 novel "Away All Boats," which was also turned into a 1956 war film. TLS, 1p, 6½" X 10¼, Everett, WA, 3 May 1955. Addressed to Arnold Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar who served in the Navy during WW2). Near fine. Two original folds. On his personal letterhead, Dodson thanks Gates thanks "for the fine review of AWAY ALL BOATS. That book was especially written for men like you who shared the experiences recorded. At present the film play based on the book is being shot in the Virgin Islands, where 200 Navy ships and some 10,000 Marines are on maneuvers. It will be wide screen Vista-Vision in technicolor and should give a beautifully accurate picture of the ship-to-shore movements. Needless to say, there are the usual story and character changes usually associated with such a production.." He goes on to note "I am busy, nearing the finish of my next book, STRANGER TO THE SHORE, which will also be published by Little, Brown," and ends on a personal note: "This fall I'm taking my family to Kauai Island in the Hawaii group, where the kids will attend school while Papa tries a hand on a book based on experiences there some twenty-five years ago, when we blasted reefs and built a new harbor at Nawiliwili." Boldly signed in full. An exceptional letter written shortly after publication of his best-known book and offering interesting details about the film version. .
Keywords: Nautical
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Title: Authors at Sea: Modern American Writers Remember Their Naval Service
Description: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 318pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine second printing of this anthology of nautical excerpts from noted writers who served in World War Two with the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is an outstanding content Typed Letter Signed from one of the authors whose work appears in this volume -- Kenneth Dodson (1920-2009), officer aboard the famed attack transport USS Pierce, which became the focus of his 1954 novel "Away All Boats," which was also turned into a 1956 war film. TLS, 1p, 6½" X 10¼, Everett, WA, 3 May 1955. Addressed to Arnold Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar who served in the Navy during WW2). Near fine. Two original folds. On his personal letterhead, Dodson thanks Gates thanks "for the fine review of AWAY ALL BOATS. That book was especially written for men like you who shared the experiences recorded. At present the film play based on the book is being shot in the Virgin Islands, where 200 Navy ships and some 10,000 Marines are on maneuvers. It will be wide screen Vista-Vision in technicolor and should give a beautifully accurate picture of the ship-to-shore movements. Needless to say, there are the usual story and character changes usually associated with such a production.." He goes on to note "I am busy, nearing the finish of my next book, STRANGER TO THE SHORE, which will also be published by Little, Brown," and ends on a personal note: "This fall I'm taking my family to Kauai Island in the Hawaii group, where the kids will attend school while Papa tries a hand on a book based on experiences there some twenty-five years ago, when we blasted reefs and built a new harbor at Nawiliwili." Boldly signed in full. An exceptional letter written shortly after publication of his best-known book and offering interesting details about the film version. .
Keywords: Nautical
Price: US$ 95.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 50775
- Book number: 50775
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