NEW hardcover

06/04/42

Harper & Row [Published date: 1967]. Hard cover, 331 pp. [Excerpt from back of dust jacket]. Gripped by fascination with a battle which was extraordinary even in history's deadliest war. Walter Lord traveled more than 30,000 miles to Tokyo, Washington, Hawaii, and Midway and was in touch with some 400 participants, to gather facts at first hand. He has here written a book to surpass A Night to Remember, Day of Infamy, The Past That Would Not Die, The Good Years, and A Time to Stand... the product of a unique combination of training and dedication. A graduate of Princeton University, 1939, and the Yale Law School, 1946, Mr. Lord served in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II., ISBN13: B000FBUAX6 ISBN10: B000FBUAX6 Material Type: hardcover