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At a time when few Americans had visited Australia, journalist John Lardner sailed down under with the U.S. armed forces as one of the first American war correspondents in the Pacific theater. With his excellent sense of humor and gift for narrative, Lardner penned vignettes of MacArthur's arri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lardner, John, 1912-1960
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Temas:
Lardner, John, > 1912-1960.
Lardner, John, > 1912-1960
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 > Australia.
World War, 1939-1945 > New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 > Press coverage > United States.
War correspondents > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Pacifique, Région du.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Australie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Nouvelle-Guinée.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Couverture de presse > États-Unis.
Correspondants de guerre > États-Unis > Biographies.
Press coverage
War correspondents
Australia
New Guinea
Pacific Area
United States
Personal narratives
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The unready
  • Westward (censored) ho!
  • Convoy
  • All ashore
  • The shirtsleeve Baedeker
  • The last bastion
  • MacArthur and MacArthuriana
  • Road company
  • Darwin
  • Japs, mostly dead
  • The planes we fight with
  • Dakota in the red dust
  • As the Dutchman flies
  • City life
  • Log of the firecracker
  • Port of bombs and butterflies
  • Between zeros
  • Seven deadly young men
  • Coral Sea
  • Diggers at work
  • Behind the lines
  • The Tasman bumps
  • Homeward : the odd pace
  • Glossary.

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