Battle Cry - Softcover

Uris-leon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553209914 ISBN 13: 9780553209914

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1982

Synopsis

Moving, shocking, tense, and glorious, here is a magnificent saga of men at war--Leon Uris's famous novel about life in the jaws of death, in the U.S. Marine Corps. Here are the men from the cities, farms, and whistle-stops. Here are the tough kids and the mama's boys, the liars and the lovers, the goldbricks and the heroes. Here are the men who made up the most courageous fighting force on the face of he earth--in the best novel about them ever written."Raw, tough, and unvarnished . . . Don't miss it!"-- "Kirkus Reviews"

About this title

Review:

"Raw, tough, and unvarnished . . . Don't miss it!"--"Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Internationally acclaimed novelist Leon Uris ran away from home at age seventeen, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to join the Marine Corps, and he served at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. His first novel, Battle Cry, was based on his own experiences in the Marines, which he revisited in his final novel, O'Hara's Choice. His other novels include the bestsellers Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, QB VII, and Topaz, among others. Leon Uris passed away in June 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0553209914
• ISBN 13: 9780553209914
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback