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Author: Tom Clavin ,
Bob Drury ,
Michael Prichard
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798200126767
Publication Date: 30 March 2009
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have set the standard for wartime accounts on the Korean conflict.... This is a story that is almost too incredible to be true.-- Dr. Charles P. Neimeyer, director of the U.S. Marine Corps History Division [A] riveting narrative [that] combines drama, military strategy, and human interest. -- Kirkus Reviews A gut-clenching and meticulously detailed account. -- USA Today A paean worthy of one of the most extraordinary battles in Marine Corps history...A magnificent book. -- Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have set the standard for wartime accounts on the Korean conflict...This is a story that is almost too incredible to be true. -- Dr. Charles P. Neimeyer, director of the US Marine Corps History Division Michael Prichard's...solid narration respectfully conveys these soldiers' heroism in the face of impossible odds and heightens listener interest throughout this impressive work. -- Library Journal (starred review)
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have set the standard for wartime accounts on the Korean conflict.... This is a story that is almost too incredible to be true.-- ""Dr. Charles P. Neimeyer, director of the U.S. Marine Corps History Division"" ""[A] riveting narrative [that] combines drama, military strategy, and human interest."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""A gut-clenching and meticulously detailed account."" -- ""USA Today"" ""A paean worthy of one of the most extraordinary battles in Marine Corps history...A magnificent book."" -- ""Nathaniel Fick, New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away"" ""Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have set the standard for wartime accounts on the Korean conflict...This is a story that is almost too incredible to be true."" -- ""Dr. Charles P. Neimeyer, director of the US Marine Corps History Division"" ""Michael Prichard's...solid narration respectfully conveys these soldiers' heroism in the face of impossible odds and heightens listener interest throughout this impressive work."" -- ""Library Journal (starred review)""
Author Information
TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper and web site editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. His books include The Heart of Everything That Is and the bestselling Frontier trilogy, Dodge City, Wild Bill and Tombstone. He lives in Sag Harbor, NY. Bob Drury, a Men's Health contributing editor and chief military correspondent, has been nominated for three National Magazine Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Darfur, among other sites. He is also the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous nonfiction books, including The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of US Marines in Combat, and the recipient of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's 2010 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for nonfiction. Michael Prichard has played several thousand characters during his career. While he has been seen performing over one hundred of them in theater and film, Michael is primarily heard, having recorded well over five hundred full-length books. During his career as a one-man repertory company, he has recorded many series with running characters-including the complete Travis McGee adventures by John D. MacDonald and the complete Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout-as well as series by such masters as Mark Twain, John Cheever, and John Updike. His numerous awards and accolades include an Audie Award for Tears in the Darkness by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman and several AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for At All Costs by Sam Moses and In Nixon's Web by L. Patrick Gray III. Named a Top Ten Golden Voice by SmartMoney magazine, he holds an M.F.A. in theater from the University of Southern California. Michael appears regularly on the professional stage, including as a member of Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company, performing such great roles as Captain Beatty in Fahrenheit 451, which became the second-longest-running production in the Los Angeles area. Bradbury himself dubbed Michael the finest Beatty in history.
