Day of Infamy by Walter Lord 1957 HC/DJ and 12 similar items

Day of Infamy by Walter Lord 1957 HC/DJ Day of Infamy Walter Lord New York: Henry Holt and Company Copyright 1957 Illustrated with photographs 243 pages Book of the month club edition The binding is in acceptable condition, the pages are lightly tanning and there is a name written on the front end paper. The blue cover has some fading on the edges. The jacket is edge worn and there is foxing on the flaps and rear of the jacket. Good in acceptable dust-jacket. Hardcover. The book traces, in brilliant detail, the human drama of the great attack: the spies behind it; the pilots on the Japanese aircraft carriers; the crews on the stricken warships; the men at the airfields and bases; the Japanese pilot who captured an island single handedly when he could not get back to his carrier; the generals, the sailors, the housewives and children responding to the attack with anger, numbness, and magnificent courage. (#00002240)