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Helmet for My Pillow.
by Leckie, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1957., 1957. 1st ed. 312p. Jacket slight sunned on spine. In mylar. Flat SIGNED. Price blacked out. . Fine/Near Fine copy. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.
Synopsis
Robert Leckie was the author of more than thirty works of military history as well as Marines , a collection of short stories, and Lord, What a Family! , a memoir. Raised in Rutherford, New Jersey, he started writing professionally at age sixteen, covering sports for The Bergen Evening Record of Hackensack. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on the day following the attack on Pearl Harbor, going on to serve as a machine gunner and as an intelligence scout and participating in all 1st Marine Division campaigns except Okinawa. Leckie was awarded five battle stars, the Naval Commendation Medal with Combat V, and the Purple Heart. Helmet for My Pillow (Random House, 1957) was his first book; it received the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association award upon publication.
Reviews
On Feb 17 2011, Maxie7 said:
Got it for my husband, a retired Marine. He loved it!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Military Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5-20
- Title
- Helmet for My Pillow.
- Author
- Leckie, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Random House, 1957.
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA / US MARINES; Items with Photos; WORLD WAR II / AMERICAN FORCES;
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- Fine
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- Sunned
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