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A death in San Pietro : the untold story of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, and the fight for Purple Heart Valley
- Title
- A death in San Pietro : the untold story of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, and the fight for Purple Heart Valley / Tim Brady.
- Author
- Brady, Tim, 1955-
- Publication
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-1427 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- An account of the heroic but tragic campaign of Captain Henry Waskow's 36th Division documents their successful mission to drive away German forces from the mountain region infamously dubbed "Purple Heart Valley" at the cost of Waskow and 80 percent of his company.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- "The Hoosier vagabond" -- The Texas division -- Tunisia -- Morocco -- Pyle in Sicily -- Salerno -- Altavilla -- The Sorrento Peninsula -- Capri -- Why we fight -- Pyle and Huston -- Winterstellugen -- Replacements -- Thanksgiving -- Observers -- Eve of battle -- Sammucro -- A bad day on the mountain -- Purple Heart Valley -- Aftermath -- New Year -- The death of Captain Waskow -- Finishing up -- Rapido -- A final posting.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-1427
- ISBN
- 9780306822148
- 0306822148
- OCLC
- 830371092
- Author
- Brady, Tim, 1955- author.
- Title
- A death in San Pietro : the untold story of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, and the fight for Purple Heart Valley / Tim Brady.
- Publisher
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2013.
- Edition
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-1427