William whipple iii (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good+. Original covers, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 282 pp (double space typewritten) , illustrated with black and white photographs. Very good to near fine. Mylar front cover age yellowed along top edge, upper corner creased with a heavily erased old bookseller's price on the underlying paper cover, minor shelf wear, corners bumped, ½ inch tear at foot of spine, upper corners of three adjoining leaves creased, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Born on his family's sugar cane plantation in 1909, he went on to West Point, served in the Army mostly in water management work before World War II, in which he fought; includes accounts of the Battle the Ardennes, a post war meeting with John von Neumann, work with the Corps of Engineers, post-retirement involvement with the NY World's Fair, Rutgers University during the Vietnam War protests, etc. Only 2 copies on OCLC. Autobiography; military; history.…