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Hickam, Homer H. The Ambassador's Son
New York, New York, U.S.A. Thomas Dunne Books - St. Martin's Press 2005 0312301928 / 9780312301927 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 337 pages. Synopsis It's 1943 and the Americans and Japanese are fighting a deadly war in the hot, jungle-covered volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The outcome is in doubt and a terrible blow has fallen on American morale. Lieutenant David Armistead, a Marine Corps hero and cousin of the President of the United States, is missing and some say he's gone over to the enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag crew are given the assignment to find Armistead, though not necessarily to bring him back alive. Recruited in the hunt is a tormented and frail PT-boat skipper nicknamed "Shafty" who is also known by another name: John F. Kennedy. When Josh is stranded in the jungles of New Georgia with a mysterious, sensual woman who has a tendency to chop off men's heads, it's up to Kennedy to come to the rescue and complete the mission. But to procure a gunboat, he first has to play high-stakes poker with a young naval supply officer called Nick who happens to be the best gambler in the South Pacific. Nick has another name, too: Richard M. Nixon. Based solidly on historical fact with echoes of James Michener, The Ambassador's Son is a thrilling tale of the South Pacific and adventure fiction at its finest.
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Hickam, Homer H. The Ambassador's Son
New York, New York, U.S.A. Thomas Dunne Books - St. Martin's Press 2005 0312301928 / 9780312301927 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 337 pages. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Synopsis It's 1943 and the Americans and Japanese are fighting a deadly war in the hot, jungle-covered volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The outcome is in doubt and a terrible blow has fallen on American morale. Lieutenant David Armistead, a Marine Corps hero and cousin of the President of the United States, is missing and some say he's gone over to the enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag crew are given the assignment to find Armistead, though not necessarily to bring him back alive. Recruited in the hunt is a tormented and frail PT-boat skipper nicknamed "Shafty" who is also known by another name: John F. Kennedy. When Josh is stranded in the jungles of New Georgia with a mysterious, sensual woman who has a tendency to chop off men's heads, it's up to Kennedy to come to the rescue and complete the mission. But to procure a gunboat, he first has to play high-stakes poker with a young naval supply officer called Nick who happens to be the best gambler in the South Pacific. Nick has another name, too: Richard M. Nixon. Based solidly on historical fact with echoes of James Michener, The Ambassador's Son is a thrilling tale of the South Pacific and adventure fiction at its finest.
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Hickam, Homer The Coalwood Way: A Memoir
New York, U.S.A. Delacorte Press 2000 0385335164 / 9780385335164 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Price inside dustcover: $23.95 - Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - October 2000 printing - 318 pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Welcome back to Coalwood, West Virginia, home of high school student and regular guy Homer Hickam. When we last saw Homer, in the first installment of his memoirs, Rocket Boys, he was doing his part for the space race by overcoming astounding odds to design functional model rockets propelled by a mixture of zinc and moonshine. The Coalwood Way picks up where Rocket Boys let off, but whereas Hickam's first book spotlighted his efforts to shoot his rockets miles into the atmosphere, his second effort swings the young man's searching gaze around to focus on his immediate surroundings: Appalachia, 1959. Everything is puzzling for our Coalwood boy. His father, a single-minded mine foreman, is engaged in an exhausting battle to save the mine -- the town's lifeblood -- from the evil cost-cutting measures of its new corporate owners. Hickam's indomitable mother is insisting on going to Florida for Christmas and leaving everyone else behind. His Big Creek Missile Association is having trouble with its rockets. His favorite girl, the piano teacher's daughter, has a boyfriend whose father owns a car dealership. Oddest of all, Homer is suffering from some kind of intermittent, inexplicable depression. Through his efforts to understand his own feelings and place in the world, we learn all about the happenings in his small town that's anything but sleepy. Indeed, the town of Coalwood is a magnetic character in Hickam's life. And Coalwood is in trouble. Miners are out of jobs, children are starving in the next hollow over, and capitalism is just wreaking havoc on the once peaceful spot. As Hickam begins his tale, "Coalwood's men still walked with a trudging grace to and from the vast, deep mine," but he knows, and the reader knows, that this world is slipping away. All we can do is watch the slow slide through Hickam's eyes. It's a tough job to write a balanced story about a place you have loved and lost. The Coalwood Way has so much heart it fairly oozes off the pages, but, happily, Hickam manages to keep his account just this side of saccharine. His sincerity and knack for spinning a yarn allow the reader to let her guard down and simply enjoy the tale of a place that once existed in an America that used to be.
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Hickam, Homer The Coalwood Way: A Memoir
New York, U.S.A. Delacorte Press 2000 0385335164 / 9780385335164 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - Price inside dustcover: $23.95 - Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 - October 2000 printing - 318 pages - NO writing or tears inside book - Welcome back to Coalwood, West Virginia, home of high school student and regular guy Homer Hickam. When we last saw Homer, in the first installment of his memoirs, Rocket Boys, he was doing his part for the space race by overcoming astounding odds to design functional model rockets propelled by a mixture of zinc and moonshine. The Coalwood Way picks up where Rocket Boys let off, but whereas Hickam's first book spotlighted his efforts to shoot his rockets miles into the atmosphere, his second effort swings the young man's searching gaze around to focus on his immediate surroundings: Appalachia, 1959. Everything is puzzling for our Coalwood boy. His father, a single-minded mine foreman, is engaged in an exhausting battle to save the mine -- the town's lifeblood -- from the evil cost-cutting measures of its new corporate owners. Hickam's indomitable mother is insisting on going to Florida for Christmas and leaving everyone else behind. His Big Creek Missile Association is having trouble with its rockets. His favorite girl, the piano teacher's daughter, has a boyfriend whose father owns a car dealership. Oddest of all, Homer is suffering from some kind of intermittent, inexplicable depression. Through his efforts to understand his own feelings and place in the world, we learn all about the happenings in his small town that's anything but sleepy. Indeed, the town of Coalwood is a magnetic character in Hickam's life. And Coalwood is in trouble. Miners are out of jobs, children are starving in the next hollow over, and capitalism is just wreaking havoc on the once peaceful spot. As Hickam begins his tale, "Coalwood's men still walked with a trudging grace to and from the vast, deep mine," but he knows, and the reader knows, that this world is slipping away. All we can do is watch the slow slide through Hickam's eyes. It's a tough job to write a balanced story about a place you have loved and lost. The Coalwood Way has so much heart it fairly oozes off the pages, but, happily, Hickam manages to keep his account just this side of saccharine. His sincerity and knack for spinning a yarn allow the reader to let her guard down and simply enjoy the tale of a place that once existed in an America that used to be.
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