Guadalcanal Diary

TREGASKIS, Richard

ISBN 10: 0394903552 / ISBN 13: 9780394903552

Published by Random House, New York, 1943

About this Item

First edition. Uncorrected Proof. String-tied folded and gathered sheets, bound without the illustrations. First and last leaves soiled and a bit worn, a very good copy. A hot-off-the-wire journalistic account of the Guadalcanal landing and attack which immediately became a bestseller and was quickly turned by Lewis Seiler into one of the best WWII action films. It was also important war propaganda, depicting for the first time a major American victory in the Pacific. Scarce in this format. Seller Inventory # 62562

Bibliographic Details

Title: Guadalcanal Diary

Publisher: Random House, New York

Publication Date: 1943

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

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This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles--crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news correspondent (at the time, one of only two on Guadalcanal), he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground--only to be awoken by air raids--eating the sometimes meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the groundbreaking initial landing of U.S. troops on Guadalcanal.

With a new Introduction by Mark Bowden--renowned journalist and author of Black Hawk Down--this edition of Guadalcanal Diary makes available once more one of the most important American works of the war.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Review:

A superb example of war reporting at its best. --From the Introduction by Mark Bowden

The book's secret is the simple secret of all good reporting--fidelity and detail. --Time