S. S. San Pedro
by Cozzens, James Gould
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- first
- Condition
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Alameda, California, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace, 1931. Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. Owner signature. Near Fine book in a Good to Very Good dustjacket. Price-clipped. " Other early novels include S.S. San Pedro (1931), The Last Adam (1933), and Castaway (1934). Cozzens received O. Henry Awards for his short stories "A Farewell to Cuba" (1931) and "Total Stranger", published in The Saturday Evening Post on February 15, 1936, then went on to author two more highly-regarded novels, Ask Me Tomorrow (1941), and The Just and the Unjust (1942). During World War II, Cozzens served in the U.S. Army Air Forces, at first updating manuals, then in the USAAF Office of Information Services, a liaison and "information clearinghouse" between the military and the civilian press. One of the functions of his office was in controlling news, and it became Cozzens' job to defuse situations potentially embarrassing to the Chief of the Army Air Forces, Gen. Henry H. Arnold. In the course of his job he became arguably the best informed officer of any rank and service in the nation, a major by the end of the war. These experiences formed the basis of his 1948 novel Guard of Honor, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize.
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- Bookseller
- My Book Heaven (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E3979
- Title
- S. S. San Pedro
- Author
- Cozzens, James Gould
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Fiction, Adventure, Nautical
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