Heads in the Sand
by Glines, Edna L
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1556660413
- ISBN 13
- 9781556660412
- Seller
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Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Authors Unlimited. Near Fine. 1990. First Edition. First Printing; Softcover. 1556660413 . B&W Photographs; 0.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 Inches; xvi, 86 pages; Soft cover is white with red lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean, tight and crisp; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 3 b/w photographs. "...is the true story of Polly, a beautiful young woman who answered the call of her country following Pearl Harbor, and joined the US Navy as a nurse aboard the hospital ship 'Benevolence'. During this terrible, turbulent time of World War II, the world was changed forever by the explosion of the first atomic bombs. In this as well as in many other instances, Polly witnessed history in the making. She was present when the very first atomic experiements were carried out on Bikini Atoll, experiments which were to have disastrous consequences in her young life. Written by Polly's sister...is a touching, intimate portrait of a loving American family during the 1940s. It is a touching love story as well, and a powerful look inside the personal sacrifices, tragedies and heroism of wartime". Requiem for Polly; index. .
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- Bookseller
- Pegasusbooks.biz
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6306
- Title
- Heads in the Sand
- Author
- Glines, Edna L
- Format/Binding
- First Printing; Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1556660413
- ISBN 13
- 9781556660412
- Publisher
- Authors Unlimited
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 1556660413, Biography;, Women In The Military;, Women Activists;, Soldiers;, Military History;, Japan:, Japanese History;, Women's History;, Naval History;
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