| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Publication Date |
December 1987 |
| Format |
Softcover (7.5
x
4.6
mm)
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| Publisher |
Arizona Memorial Museum Association |
| Extras |
Author autograph |
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| Description |
| A nostalgic reflective, and warmly personal recollection of one young American's life in Hawaii during the year preceding the Japanese air and submarine attack of December 7, 1941, on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. |
| Personal Details |
| Acquire Date |
6/10/2010 |
| Rating |
0 |
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| Product Details |
| ISBN |
9780915870011 |
| Edition |
[1st ed.] |
| Cover Price |
$4.50 |
| No. of Pages |
171 |
| First Edition |
Yes |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
Ed Sheehan was an ironworker who arrived at Pearl Harbor in 1940. In this short book, he describes Honolulu and Pearl Harbor in the year before the Japanese attack. In the last few pages he describes what he saw and what he did on the day of the attack and the following day. He also supplies a few sections on the objective history of those days. I suppose he had to provide some context, assuming some reader may not be familiar with the necessary details. These historical sections aren't bad, but they aren't the strength of the book and I'd assume anybody reading this would already be familiar.
It's a much better book than I was expecting. He not only describes Honolulu and Pearl, but the people who were there before that fateful day, and the mood of the times as well. |
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