Anne Drager (7 results)
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Published by Ecco, an imprint of Harper Collins, New York 2013
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- First Edition
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition black boards, gold spine, and black spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Tom Clavin; Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Prologue and Index. Illustrated…with a section of black-and-white photographic plates and black-and-white photographic frontispiece. "The untold great American story of three brothers - Joltin' Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio - and the great American game, baseball, that would consume their lives. More than 350 sets of brothers have played in the major leagues since the 1870s. But few have had the skill, the charisma, or the success of the DiMaggio brothers. Joe DiMaggio, "The Yankee Clipper," is an American icon and one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth century. Even his chief rival, Ted Williams, called him the greatest all-around player he ever saw. But two of Joe's brothers, also center fielders, were dynamic players in their own right. Dominic, affectionately known as "The Little Professor," was a seven-time All-Star who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1940 through 1953. He hit better than .300 five times in his career, finished with a .298 average, and like his big brother, rarely struck out. And Vince DiMaggio, the eldest, made two All-Star teams and in 1941 smacked 21 home runs and drove in 100 RBIs while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In The DiMaggios, journalist Tom Clavin draws on a wealth of source materials, interviews with family members and teammates, and in-depth reporting to reveal how three kids from an immigrant family of eleven found their way to the upper echelons of American sports and popular culture. A vivid portrait of a family and the ways in which their shifting fortunes and status shaped their relationships, it is also a transporting exploration of an era and a culture, using baseball as a lens to view and understand American society in the twentieth century." - from the inner front jacket flap. Speaker, Mary Austin (book design); Attardo, Steve (jacket design); Drager, ANne (author photograph) (illustrator).
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. x, 293, [1] pages. Map. Illustrations. Source Notes and Selected Bibliography. Index. Ink notation on fep. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Bob Drury is the author/coauthor/editor of nine books. He has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Men's Journal, and GQ.… Tom Clavin is the author or coauthor of sixteen books. He was the investigative features correspondent for Manhattan Magazine. Derived from a Kirkus review: An exciting, focused account of the bitter evacuation of the last Marines securing the U.S. embassy compound in Saigon on April 30, 1975. The Americans washed their bloody hands of the Vietnam War with the Paris Peace Accords of January 1973. The North Vietnamese Army broke the treaty by late 1974 and invaded its southern neighbor. Encircled by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong by April 29, 1975, Saigon was braced for an invasion, with the North Vietnamese called for evacuation of all Americans. The airport had been operating nonstop during the preceding weeks to remove tens of thousands of high-risk South Vietnamese, civilian contractors as well as refugees and war brides . The only option for evacuation of the Americans was by helicopter. Drury and Clavin ably narrate this suspenseful saga, full of conflicting personalities including Sgt. Juan Valdez, who was in charge of the MSGs; and the intractable Ambassador Graham Martin, immovable and holding out for peace talks until ordered by presidential request to get out. A thrilling narrative of bravery, bravado and loss. The monsoon winds swirling up from the South China Sea had doubled in magnitude as Marine Staff Sergeant Mike Sullivan stood on the roof of the American Embassy, watching North Vietnamese artillery pound Saigon's airport. It was late in the afternoon of April 29, 1975, and for the past eight days the airstrip had been the busiest in the world as flight after flight of United States cargo planes ferried Vietnamese refugees, American civilians, and soldiers of both countries to safety while 150,000 North Vietnamese troops marched on the city. With Saigon now encircled and the airport bombed out, thousands were trapped. Last Men Out tells the remarkable story of the drama that unfolded over the next twenty-four hours: the final, heroic chapter of the Vietnam War as improvised by a small unit of Marines, a vast fleet of helicopter pilots flying nonstop missions beyond regulation, and a Marine general who vowed to arrest any officer who ordered his choppers grounded while his men were still on the ground. It would become the largest-scale evacuation ever carried out, what many would call an American Dunkirk. In a gripping, moment-by-moment narrative based on a wealth of recently declassified documents and in-depth interviews, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin focus on the story of the eleven young Marines who were the last men to leave, rescued from the Embassy roof just moments before capture, having voted to make an Alamo-like last stand. As politicians in Washington struggled to put the best face on disaster and the American ambassador refused to acknowledge that the end had come and to evacuate, these courageous men held their ground and helped save thousands of lives. They and their fellow troops on the ground and in the air had no room for error as frenzy broke out in the streets and lashing rains and enemy fire began to pelt the city. One Marine pilot, Captain Gerry Berry, flew for eighteen straight hours and had to physically force the American ambassador onto his helicopter. Drury and Clavin gained unprecedented access to the survivors, to the declassified After-Action reports of the operation, and to the transmissions among helicopter pilots, their officers, and officials in Saigon secretly recorded by the National Security Agency. They deliver a taut and stirring account of a turning point in American history which unfolds with the heart-stopping urgency of the best thrillers, a riveting true story finally told, in full, by those who lived it. Anne Drager (Author photograph) (illustrator).
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Seller: Silent Way Books, Glenside, PA, U.S.A.Silent Way Books
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Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book and dust jacket in very solid, unmarked condition, with light amount of handling wear.
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Seller: nika-books, Nordwestuckermark-Fürstenwerder, NWUM, Germanynika-books
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Gebundene Ausgabe. 198 Seiten Gebundene Ausgabe. - Schutzumschlag berieben und bestoßen, Schnitt mit Lagerungsspuren, sonstiger Zustand sehr gepflegt. 9783938025314 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1300.
Published by Ecco (An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers), New York 2013
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xi, [3], 320 pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Tom Clavin was a reporter for 15 years for The New York Times and has also been a columnist and contributing writer at The Press News Group on eastern Long Island. As a freelance writer he…wrote for several prominent magazines on a variety of topics, including Men's Journal, Smithsonian, Parade, Reader's Digest, Golf, Cosmopolitan, and Family Circle. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. Four of his books have been New York Times best sellers: Dodge City, The Heart of Everything That Is, Halsey's Typhoon, and The Last Stand of Fox Company. Other recent titles that have received popular and critical acclaim include The DiMaggios, Lucky 666, Last Men Out, Gil Hodges, Roger Maris, Being Ted Williams, and Reckless. Derived from a Kirkus review: A fine biography of the greatest brother combination ever to play major league baseball. Vincent, Joe and Dominic DiMaggio lived out the American dream. The three boys excelled first in the Pacific Coast League and then, one-by-one, they rose to play in the major leagues. Vince, the eldest of the three, broke his father's prohibition against wasting time with games and thus paved the way for his brothers. Joe, the middle of the three, was the legend who married movie stars but was also cold and distant. Dominic, the bespectacled youngest and smallest of the trio, was a star but lived in the shadow of Joe. The journeyman Vince had the most trouble adjusting to post-baseball life and struggled just to make ends meet. Joe effectively made a career out of being Joe DiMaggio, legend. Dominick meanwhile, had the most grounded and, in many ways, successful post-baseball career, using his intellect to become a successful businessman. It is a strength of this book that while Joe remains the legend, Dominic comes across as the most admirable DiMaggio. Clavin reminds readers that Joe is not the only DiMaggio worth remembering. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Anne Drager (author photograph) (illustrator).
Published by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2005
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- First Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. Hardcover. First German Edition. Text in English. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
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Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.monobooks
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Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Edition not stated 2005, no previous printings listed. Published byKerber Verlag, Germany. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no names, no underlinings no highlights, no bent pages, not a reminder…. DJ near fine, bright, no edgewear, three very small tears, no chips, not clipped. 4to, 198 pages, illustrated throughout. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders.
