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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Very Large Book, 1st Printing. The Medal of Honor is America's highest award for military valor. It is bestowed on those who have performed an act of such conspicuous gallantry as to rise "above and beyond the call of duty." Indeed the roll of honor includes but 3,394 of the tens of millions of men and women who have served their country in the time of need since the Civil War. Yet among them are the names of generals and privates alike, of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, of Americans of every color and creed, from every corner of this vast land. As a symbol of heroism, it has no equal in American life. Here now, for the first time, is a comprehensive history of the Medal of Honor. Through authoritative text and lavish pictures, Above and Beyond presents the story of the medal and those who have earned it, commencing on the blood-drenched battlefields of the Civil War and culminating in the eerie jungles of Vietnam. Scores of stirring accounts from every American conflict celebrate the selfless valor that has set these men-and one woman-apart from their comrades-at-arms. Exclusive interviews with living recipients and first-person reports from years past testify to the widely differing personalities of these American heroes, to their thoughts and beliefs-and how the medal affected their lives, for good, or for ill. Whiles relating the story of the medal, Above and Beyond also examines the history of America at war, from the Civil War, through the wars of expansion westward into Indian territory, in the Caribbean basin and in the Pacific, through the two World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. For a time, the Medal of Honor was also awarded in peacetime to a few outstanding men such as Charles Lindbergh and Admiral Richard Byrd; this splendid volume salutes them and records their exploits as well. Above and Beyond is more than a history. It is, in fact, a pantheon of our country's greatest war heroes, of those, among untold thousands of courageous Americans, whose valor far exceeded the call of duty. For, in a final section, the editors have put together a complete register of honor, in which each and every one of the 3,394 Medal of Honor recipients is named, along with the date, branch of service and arena of action. These are the Americans who have earned their-nations ever-lasting gratitude. bove and beyond the call of duty." Indeed, the roll of honor includes but 3,394 of the tens of millions of men and women who have served their country in the time of need since the Civil War. Yet among them are the names of generals and privates alike, (ilustrador).…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 5th Printing. 700 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dirt/marks on spine.

Magazine. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. A large, glossy-paged magazine measuring 10-1/4" by 13" and containing 100 pages including front and rear covers. Condition: two tiny closed edge tears to covers and each page, else Near Fine. Highlights include: photospread Audiences Everywhere with photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson; 1962: The Year of Paula Prentiss by Richard Schickel; 1962: The Year of Edward Villella by Robert Kotlowitz; On Tape: Sir John Gielgud (interview); The Big Mouths by Bill Davidson (on sportscasters: "They would serves themselves and their viewers immeasurably by shutting up"); Susannah York by Helen Lawrenson; 42nd St. (Pt. II) by Henry Hope Reed Jr. and Gay Talese; Dark Songs and Light Music by Douglas Watt (on Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz); Washington, D.C.: Otto's Army by Bernard Asbell (on Otto Preminger: "A Viennese moviemaker marches on Washington, with inflammatory results").…

Magazine. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A large, glossy-page magazine measuring 10-1/4" by 13" and containing 130 pages including front and rear covers. Condition: covers show the lightest of wear, short narrow edge chip to rear cover. Highlights include: How to Save Broadway by Robert Bendiner; photospread ON TOP (with photos and brief profiles of Leontyne Price, Sophia Loren, Gwen Verdon, and Alec Guinness); photospread ON THE WAY UP (with photos and brief profiles of Warren Beatty, Cynthia Pepper, Joan Hackett, Charles Nelson Reilly, Elmarie Wendel, Betty Seay, George Maharis, Patricia Harty, and Alvin Ailey); [Artur] Rubinstein by Robert Kotlowitz; Television by Martin Mayer; Orson Welles by Kenneth Tynan (Part I: My Signature Against the World); Hollywood: An Archaeologist's View - A photo essay by Saul Leiter; Place in the Sun by Bill Davidson (on Hollywood); On Acting: Helen Hayes and Anne Bancroft [interviewed] by Lewis Funke and John E. Booth; photospread of Terry-Thomas (as members of the British Cabinet); An Essay on X by Harold Clurman; Monica Vitti: In life, on film - an adventure by Christopher Lucas; Presidents in the Audience by Richard Schickel ("Taste: Interest in the arts is rare among presidents, but there seems to be a correlation between it and greatness. How does Kennedy measure up?"); Brendan Behan ("The brash Dublin playwright sounds off on Broadway and theater in general").…