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Author
Language
English
Description
In 1951, Blackburn Gant, the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is charged with caring for his best friend's wife, Naomi, when he is drafted to serve overseas, and as Blackburn and Naomi grow closer and closer, a shocking revelation upends numerous lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center of Military History, United States Army
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language
English
Description
Provides an account of the experiences of the African American 24th Infantry Regiment, which was stigmatized for its deficiencies while its accomplishments passed largely into oblivion. The authors reveal that the 24th suffered from a virulent racial prejudice that ate incessantly at the bonds of unit cohesion and that hindered the emergence of effective leadership.
4) Human desire
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Korean War vet Jeff Warren returns to his job as a railroad engineer and quickly succumbs to his boss's wife, Vicki Buckley. Thus begins a tangled web of suspicion, sex, and murder involving Vicki and her brutish husband Carl.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the early fifties, decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1951. Twenty-year-old wallflower Lee Kyung ekes out a living at the US Post Exchange, where goods and services of varying stripe are available for purchase. She peddles hand-painted portraits on silk handkerchiefs to soldiers passing through. When a handsome young northern escapee and erstwhile fine artist is hired despite waning demand, an unlikely friendship blossoms into a young woman's first brush with desire against the backdrop...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history"--
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
36 DVDs (approximately 6579 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. in slipcase (26 x 18 x 8 cm) and binder (25 x 17 x 7 cm) + 1 book (63 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Language
English
Description
Follows the humorous & dramatic adventures of the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A spirited portrait of twentieth-century war correspondent Maggie Higgins and her tenacious fight to the top in a male-dominated profession. Journalist and historian Jennet Conant restores Maggie’s rightful place in history as a woman who paved the way for the next generation of journalists, and one of the greatest war correspondents of her time.
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