American soldiers and native Kachin troops battle Japanese forces behind enemy lines in the Burmese jungles. But during the brutal campaign to gain territory in the unforgiving tropical landscape, Captain Reynolds and his band of special operations soldiers and guerrilla fighters struggle to find self-awareness, and even love, in the midst of the trials of combat. One of the youngest officers to serve in Merrill's Marauders and OSS Detachment 101 - precursors to the Green Berets and Central Intelligence Agency - author ...
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American soldiers and native Kachin troops battle Japanese forces behind enemy lines in the Burmese jungles. But during the brutal campaign to gain territory in the unforgiving tropical landscape, Captain Reynolds and his band of special operations soldiers and guerrilla fighters struggle to find self-awareness, and even love, in the midst of the trials of combat. One of the youngest officers to serve in Merrill's Marauders and OSS Detachment 101 - precursors to the Green Berets and Central Intelligence Agency - author Tom T. Chamales brings an unparalleled level of authentic detail and raw intensity to this work of fiction based on his real-life experience in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Never So Few is "an extraordinary and powerful book", unflinching in its portrayal of wartime sacrifice and violence ( Kirkus Reviews , starred). The basis for the movie starring Frank Sinatra and Steve McQueen, it offers "dramatic, exciting, and concretely detailed accounts of battle action" and joins the ranks of other classic war novels such as From Here to Eternity and The Naked and the Dead in bringing later generations to the front lines and into the inner lives of the brave men who served ( The New York Times ).
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First printing, 1957-"A" present on copyright page. Scarce hardcover in original dust jacket under mylar, $4.50 publisher's price present, unclipped. Top edge of jacket a bit chipped, lighter fraying and shelfwear otherwise. Still very presentable under mylar wraps. Solid binding. Mild yellowing to page edges, a few light spots. Text clean and unmarked. Good copy of a scarce title.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. A clean, tight copy of the first edition (with an A on the copyright page). The pages are lightly age-toned, but attractively so. The binding is sound, with a touch of wear beginning at the head and tail of the spine, but no fraying as of yet. There is a little bit of tanning at the inside back hinge, none noted at the front. The jacket is intact, front and back, with tanning and chipping (especially at the top front and in one spot on the spine). A mylar Brodart cover now preserves it. Fast shipping world wide, with tracking number supplied.
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Reader copy. Publisher: Scribner's Date of Publication: 1957 Binding: Hardcover Condition: This is the stated Scribner's SIGNED First Edition from 1957. Other than a page split at pp. 340-341 (fully intact----easily taped! ), both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight as a drum.
