The Big War

Anton Myrer

first published 1957 Harper Perennial, 2001 paperback 512 pages

They were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: The Big War, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. This is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the...

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The Big War ebook · 2008 · HarperCollins · 9780061581281
The Big War paperback · 2001 · Harper Perennial · 512 pages · 9780060934736
The Big War paperback · 1983 · Berkley · 9780425057216
The Big War paperback · 1981 · Berkley · 9780425046722

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