Escape from Corregidor
by Edgar D. Whitcomb
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall.
World War II memoir of the future Governor of Indiana Edgar B. Whitcomb (1917-2016) describing his experiences as an airman during the Battle of Corregidor, his evasion and capture by the Japanese, and his successful escape attempts, the final involving swimming eight hours through the night to the mainland where he managed to book a passage to China using a false identity.
World War II memoir of the future Governor of Indiana Edgar B. Whitcomb (1917-2016) describing his experiences as an airman during the Battle of Corregidor, his evasion and capture by the Japanese, and his successful escape attempts, the final involving swimming eight hours through the night to the mainland where he managed to book a passage to China using a false identity.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8443
- Title
- Escape from Corregidor
- Author
- Edgar D. Whitcomb
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Regnery Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1958
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