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The longest day ; A bridge too far : other World War II writings / Cornelius Ryan ; Rick Atkinson, editor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of America ; 318.Publisher: New York, N.Y. : The Library of America , [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xxvi, 974 pages, 88 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781598536119
  • 1598536117
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections
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Contents:
Introduction by Rick Atkinson -- The longest day : June 6, 1944 -- A bridge too far -- Other World War II writings (Selected dispatches for the Daily Telegraph 1944-1945 -- The major of St Lô (1957) -- The longest day (1965) -- Untold stories from The longest day (1974) -- To William Buckley, November 19, 1957 -- To Peter Schwed, February 24, 1959 -- Sample response to questionnaire for The longest day: William Rhinehart Washington (c. 1958) -- Sample response to questionnaire for A bridge too far: J.T. Richards (c.1967)).
Summary: "Library of America presents two of the best books ever written about World War II in a deluxe collector's edition featuring 88 pages of photographs, full-color endpaper maps, rare archival material revealing how the books were written, and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy). The Longest Day tells the story of the Allies' greatest success, the Normandy invasions of June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord; A Bridge Too Far recounts perhaps their greatest failure, the catastrophic airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944, known as Operation Market Garden. Together, they reveal not only the twisting fortunes of war and the grand sweep and scale of the largest amphibious and airborne invasions ever mounted, but also the very real human experience of combat, the small but momentous individual acts that can change the course of history. No one has told these stories more powerfully than Cornelius Ryan."--Amazon.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 940.5421 R988 Available 33111009156718
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For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a deluxe collector's edition gathering two gripping masterpieces of military history.

Library of America presents two of the best books ever written about World War II in a deluxe collector's edition featuring 88 pages of photographs, full-color endpaper maps, rare archival material revealing how the books were written, and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy). The Longest Day tells the story of the Allies' greatest success, the Normandy invasions of June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord; A Bridge Too Far recounts perhaps their greatest failure, the catastrophic airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944, known as Operation Market Garden. Together, they reveal not only the twisting fortunes of war and the grand sweep and scale of the largest amphibious and airborne invasions ever mounted, but also the very real human experience of combat, the small but momentous individual acts that can change the course of history. No one has told these stories more powerfully than Cornelius Ryan.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Includes bibliographical resources and index.

Introduction by Rick Atkinson -- The longest day : June 6, 1944 -- A bridge too far -- Other World War II writings (Selected dispatches for the Daily Telegraph 1944-1945 -- The major of St Lô (1957) -- The longest day (1965) -- Untold stories from The longest day (1974) -- To William Buckley, November 19, 1957 -- To Peter Schwed, February 24, 1959 -- Sample response to questionnaire for The longest day: William Rhinehart Washington (c. 1958) -- Sample response to questionnaire for A bridge too far: J.T. Richards (c.1967)).

"Library of America presents two of the best books ever written about World War II in a deluxe collector's edition featuring 88 pages of photographs, full-color endpaper maps, rare archival material revealing how the books were written, and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy). The Longest Day tells the story of the Allies' greatest success, the Normandy invasions of June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord; A Bridge Too Far recounts perhaps their greatest failure, the catastrophic airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944, known as Operation Market Garden. Together, they reveal not only the twisting fortunes of war and the grand sweep and scale of the largest amphibious and airborne invasions ever mounted, but also the very real human experience of combat, the small but momentous individual acts that can change the course of history. No one has told these stories more powerfully than Cornelius Ryan."--Amazon.

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