Valor and Courage: The Story of the USS Block Island Escort Carriers in World War II
Language: English
Published by The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, 2021
Series: Book 7 of 13 - Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
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No edition or printing statement. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. An entry in the publisher's Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology series. The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners and spine ends unbumped. The dust jacket is not priced; Brodart protected.
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- Title
- Valor and Courage: The Story of the USS Block Island Escort Carriers in World War II
- Author
- Hruska, Benjamin J.
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0817320997
- ISBN 13
- 9780817320997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Series
- Book 7 of 13: Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
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About the Author
Benjamin J. Hruska is a public historian who teaches at Basis Prescott Charter School in Prescott, Arizona. He is author of Interpreting Naval History at Museums and Historic Sites and contributor to Beyond Combat: Australian Military Activity Away from the Battlefield and Volunteering around the Block: Revisiting Block Island&;s Manissean Heritage.
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