Typewriter Battalion: Dramatic Front-Line Dispatches from World War II - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Stenbuck, Jack (editor)

ISBN 10: 0688141900 / ISBN 13: 9780688141905

Published by William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1995

About this Item

A first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition that is lightly shelfworn in an alike dust-jacket; This book is an anthology of first-hand accounts of life and war on the front lines of World War II written by typewriter battalion soldiers. The typewriter battalion was an isolated unit of soldiers who used typewriters to send front-line dispatches to the home front. The soldiers in the typewriter battalion faced many of the same dangers as their infantry counterparts, but they also had to contend with the added challenge of sending their reports via a mechanical means. The book is both a fascinating look at World War II through the eyes of the typewriter battalion soldiers and a testament to the power of the written word.; 8vo; 397 pages.

Seller Inventory # 52833

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Typewriter Battalion: Dramatic Front-Line Dispatches from World War II - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688141900
• ISBN 13: 9780688141905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • History::General
  • History::Europe
  • History::World War Literature
  • Collection Starter::Hundred Dollars or Less
  • By Year Of Issue::1990s

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Synopsis

Presents famous radio programs and newspaper accounts of the Second World War, including Walter Cronkite's discussions on flying over war-torn Europe and Ernie Pyle's tribute to a fallen Texas soldier. 20,000 first printing.