Wallace Dee Beene (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2000 W.D. Beene (Tucson, Arizona), 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall blue buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 114 pp. Slight soiling to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare memoir and family history. OCLC (No. 1107700782) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide - at the Arkansas State Archives in Little Rick. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP46~ [2.5P] The memoir of long-time Tucson resident Wallace Beene (1925-2008), a member of a pioneer Arizona family who served nearly two decades as a journalist and foreign correspondent, plus a second career as a film industry publicist. Contents: Introduction to a Family History of Sorts; From Rural Arkansas to WWII and Beyond; On to College; Boy Reporter Starts Career and Family; The Good Life in Europe; The Vietnam War Plus Japan; Hooray for Hollywood Years; Teaching at the University of Arizona; The Day Wally Was Set on Fire; The Long Road Back to the First Tee; A Few of the War Stories.