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Author:

Hendrickson, Paul, 1944- author.

Title:

Fighting the night : Iwo Jima, World War II, and a flyer's life / Paul Hendrickson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Amarillo Goodbye -- Long Ago in Kentucky -- The Road to South Field on Iwo Jima (1) -- The Road to South Field on Iwo Jima (2) -- Clear Pictures -- Where Leo E Sat -- Eighty-Three Years Later, Not Quite to the Day -- Of James Dickey and My Father -- The Short Unhappy Life of "The Merry Widow" -- The Last Living Airman of the 549th -- June-July 1945 -- The All-American Life and Mysterious Death of Larry Garland (and the Crew of Black Widow #42-39426) -- "Sing Me Back Home Before I Die."

Summary:

"From the acclaimed and bestselling author of Hemingway's Boat, the profoundly moving story of his father's wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices paid by him, and other soldiers, for their acts of selfless, patriotic sacrifice"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0593321138
9780593321133

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1432096750

LCCN:

2023017439

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

VBPC034 -- Postville Public Library (Postville)

RLPB371 -- Scranton Public Library (Scranton)