Olson Michael Keith (22 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Olson, Steven (illustrator). …

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Olson, Steven (illustrator). …

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc. Olson, Marlene (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Olson, Marlene (illustrator).

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Tales From A Tin Can is a beginning-to-end eyewitness account of World War II in the Pacific. Tales From A Tin Can consists of 424 stories from 44 of the officers and crew who served aboard the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Dale from 1941 to 1945. Their colorful from-the-deck stories include the major naval campaigns that earnedDale 12 Battle Stars as she steamed from the homeports of the Pacific Coast, to the tropical outposts of the South Pacific, through the glutinous fogs and williwaw winds of the Bering Sea into the killer typhoons of the South China Sea. The stories include: escaping Pearl Harbor while under Japanese attack on 7 December, 1941; participating in carrier raids on Japanese bases throughout the Western Pacific; supporting carrier battles at Coral Sea and Midway; escaping the torpedoes, aerial attacks and naval gun fire at, and around, Guadalcanal's "Iron Bottom Sound"; invading Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians; fighting the Battle of the Komandorski Islands - said to be the longest gun-fight in modern naval history; invading the Gilbert, Marshall, Caroline and Philippines Islands; providing fire support for U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima; surviving swarms of kamikazes at Okinawa. The Dale's tin can sailors also provide personal insights into what the young men from America's heartland experienced as they sailed through World War Two in thePacific. The stories include: modeling for James Michener's Tales from the South Pacific at Espiritu Santo; transitioning from pollywog to shellback as Dale crossed back and forth across the equator; discovering women in the thick fog of the Bering Sea; threatening Dale's Captain with a game of cops and robbers; organizing a real life ice-cream mutiny; hanging on during a South China Sea typhoon; and many, many more stories of their sailor life at sea. The stories told by the tin can sailors of the USS Dale will bring the boys of theGreatest Generation to life for you. Olson, Marlene (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Hardback first edition with clean covers and contents. Glossy, crisp DJ with minimal wear (no tears). Not a library discard. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG++/VG. Hardcover with dust jacket. B.O.M.C. Light edgewear and dust jacket has number 1/2" tears on covers with some light creasing. . Nice solid copy. with Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 336 pages. List of Maps. Illustrations. Appendices: The Crew. USS Dale World War II Battle Stars, Chronology: November 1941 to October 1945, and Task Force Assignments. Notes. Glossary of U.S. Navy Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Slang. Bibliography. Index. This book had gotten wet and there is mildew residue on DJ (outside and inside), covers, and some pages. Some page rippling. A completely readable copy, but far from a showpiece. Olson's Tales from a Tin Can: The U.S.S. Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, is an homage to his father, Robert "Pat" Olson, who served on the U.S.S. Dale for three years following the attack on Pearl Harbor. In researching the project, Olson intertwined material gleaned from a series of oral histories produced by crew members with information from the ship's log and other data he considered likely to give readers an accurate historical perspective. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly called Olson's effort "an impressive accomplishment, bringing vividly to life the actions of a single warship that fought across half the world." Booklist contributor Roland Green considered the book "a sound addition to World War II naval literature." When asked what first got him interested in writing, Olson told CA: "The desire to entertain and inform, which I saw, at a very early age, as a way of earning one's way in the world." Olson cited authors Ernest Hemingway and Robert A. Heinlein, NBC, and "all things ancient China," as influences on his work. He described his writing process as "The War of the Worlds: three a.m. to seven a.m." What was life like on a destroyer during World War II? Find out by reading Michael Keith Olson's superb telling of tales of the war in the Pacific as seen from the deck of a very lucky tin can . The son of a former Dale crewman, Olson interviewed 44 veterans and delved deeply into official documents to give this book the air of authenticity that puts the reader in the heart of the action. Tales from a Tin Can is the first oral history of one combat ship's adventures, sometimes comic, sometimes mundane, sometimes heart wrenching, over the entire course of America's involvement in the Pacific. An impressive accomplishment and highly recommended. This fascinating book captures not only the furious clashes with the Japanese but also the humdrum days in-between and the heart-stopping encounters with typhoons that could be as lethal as any engagement with the enemy. Anyone interested in stories from World War II will find this well-illustrated account of the naval campaign in the Pacific fascinating. Looking up from his newspaper from where he sat on the deck of the destroyer USS Dale, Harold Reichert could see the pilot plain as day--the leather helmet with chin strap, the goggles, and then the red rising sun painted on the planes fuselage. "I saw the torpedo drop and watched as it ran up on the old Utah." It was daybreak at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the beginning of the war, and the Dale was there; she would serve until the end, when the atomic bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered. In the words of those who manned her, the Dale's war comes vividly to life in this first oral history of a combat ship from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. From carrier raids on Midway, Guadalcanal, and the Solomons to the bombarding of Saipan and Guam in the capture of the Marianas, from the Aleutians in the far north to strikes on Tokyo and Kobe, Tales from a Tin Can recreates the action aboard the Dale, and conveys as never before the true grit of wartime on a destroyer. Marlene Olson (maps) and Tom Heffron (Cover) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Very Good -. (2007), 336pp, illus., maps, slight shelfwear to cover, slight edgewear to dj, crease to rear dj flap, pencil notes to rear ep, contents clean.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 336pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Tight, perfectly pristine first edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. ISSN# 0895-4054. Has some minor staining to bottom of cover and a few pages. From the collection of New York poet, Tom Savage and may contain minor markings. We may request additional charges for international shipping, based on actual costs. Hamlin, Louise; Leites, Susan (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ISSN# 0895-4054. From the collection of New York poet, Tom Savage and may contain minor markings. We may request additional charges for international shipping, based on actual costs. Hamlin, Louise; Leites, Susan (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Large book, quality dark blue cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, 336 pages including glossy photo section. DJ glossy beneath mylar of attacking ships, red at bottom front and spine, photo of sailor at top back. DJ has very light crease at top front and back edges. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Slightly Frayed DJ. First Edition. 336pp Illus "The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay." Small moisture marks at bottom of covers; one corner bumped.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 356 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.89 inches. In Stock. Olson, Marlene (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine D. J. First Edition. Inscribed by author. Also signed by Pat Olson? Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Larger, sturdy book, quality dark blue cloth covers, very bright silver lettering on spine, 336 pages including appendices with the names of the crew, battle stars, chronology, assignments and glossary, a glossy photo section and maps throughout. DJ glossy beneath mylar, red border at bottom front that is lightly faded at spine bottom, photos of warships and smoke clouds on front and spine, a photo of sailor at top back, with praise. DJ and book, both As New.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 8 vo, 336 pp. Blue grey boards, silver title spine only. Corners sharp, binding solid and square, lightly read. SIGNED by author and his father, Robert "Pat" Olson, Machinist Mate, on title page. Copyrighted 2007, "First Published 2007." Presumed First Edition, First Printing. DUST JACKET is not clipped, (US$ 24.95), not chips no tears. A collectible copy. Signed by Author(s). …