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Eggburt and other Navy Cartoons
by Chesney, Earle D
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Some damp stains at top and fore edges. Cover has some wear and soiling.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: Anderson House, 1945. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Some damp stains at top and fore edges. Cover has some wear and soiling.. 120 p. Includes illustrations. Unpaginated. Inscription on half title, Second inscription on page where recipient was featured. Foreword by F. Lowell Lawrence. Earle D. Chesney (born June 6, 1900 in Swanton, Nebraska; d. 1966) served with the Veterans Administration before joining the Eisenhower White House staff on March 4, 1954. Prior to his service with the VA, he served as Assistant Usher in the Hoover White House. During World War II and the Korean War he served with the Navy, reaching the rank of Captain. During his naval service he became rather famous as the cartoonist who invented the naval character, Eggburt of the Navy, who, like the Army s Sad Sack, entertained service men and women around the world. In his service as Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President, Chesney specialized in veterans affairs, although he also dealt with such issues as disaster and drought legislation, public works, the economy, and the People to People International.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65244
- Title
- Eggburt and other Navy Cartoons
- Author
- Chesney, Earle D
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Some damp stains at top and fore edges. Cover has some wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Anderson House
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Eggburt; Cartoons; Charles B. Hall; Military Humor; United States Navy; Relationships
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