Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons - Tapa blanda

Lonely Vigil

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. First Thus 8th Printing. Previous Dealer, Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. Over 300,000 sold! Bestselling author of A Night to Remember. More than 60 maps and photographs! CONTENTS: Introduction 1. "Steak and Eggs" 2. Alone 3. "Forty Bombers Heading Yours" 4. The Good Shepherd 5. New Eyes, New Ears 6. Taking the Stick to the Wolf 7. Derailing the Tokyo Express 8. The Strangest New Year's Eve 9. Friends in Need 10. Driven Out 11. A Very Private War 12. 165 Uninvited Guests 13. The Other Kennedy 14. The Final Triumph; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Index. SYNOPSIS: Admiral Halsey said it: "The Coastwatchers saved Guadalcanal. And Guadalcanal saved the Pacific." A masterful writer who has the ability to make the reader feel he is "there," Walter Lord is the highly-acclaimed author of such timeless bestsellers as A Night to Remember, about the Titanic, Day of Infamy, about Pearl Harbor, Incredible Victory, about the Battle of Midway, and other stories of great and momentous events. Now, with Lonely Vigil, he tells the never-before-told story of the forgotten heroes of World War II - the Coastwatchers of the Solomons. In 1942, Japan held the South Pacific in its grip. But on the Solomon Islands, a handful of men - a maverick crew of missionaries and goldminers, planters and traders - made their stand behind enemy lines. Against staggering odds, they relayed invaluable intelligence. In hundreds of daring operations, they rescued Allied airmen and sailors from hostile waters - including one P.T. boat captain and future U.S. President. Constant prey to storms, starvation, murderous natives, and Japanese patrols, they helped turn the tide of war - and left a soaring testimony to heroism against overwhelming odds. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 001041

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