ATKINSON, Rick.
The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press , 1989.
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Signed Limited First Edition of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian's The Long Gray Line
Signed limited first edition of the historian's first book, which was reviewed by James Salter as "enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist's brilliance, the pages literally hurry before one." Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Rick Atkinson on the title page. In fine condition.
Rick Atkinson’s 'The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966' (1989) is a sweeping nonfiction narrative that traces the lives of a generation of U.S. Military Academy graduates from their cadet years through the Vietnam War and into middle age. Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Atkinson follows key figures from the class as they face the moral, emotional, and physical challenges of combat, the disillusionment of a divisive war, and the struggle to reconcile duty with personal loss. "More than any book I have ever read, 'The Long Gray Line' reveals the true heart and soul of the military" (Bob Woodward, author of 'Veil').
The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966.
$350.00
In Stock
