Fr. 26.90

Tales of the Philippines: In the Early 1900's Volume 1

Inglese · Tascabile

Spedizione di solito min. 4 settimane (il titolo viene procurato in modo speciale)

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These are about eighty short tales, mostly humorous, some historical, and some even anthropological written by the young Lieutenant Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. who was an adventurous and inquisitive young bachelor stationed in the Philippines between 1910 and 1917 when the that country was exotic and dangerous.

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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a US Army major stationed at West Point in 1922 when he wrote this book about his experiences as a bachelor officer stationed in the Philippine Islands between 1910 and 1917. He was a West Point graduate (so was his father and grandfather). His father was a Civil War Lt. General and later Governor of Kentucky. The author commanded U.S. Army forces which expelled the Japanese who had occupied the Aleutian Islands in 1942, In 1945 he Commanded the U.S. Tenth Army which defeated the Japanese Thirty Second Army on Okinawa. He was killed by Japanese artillery 3 days before the end of organized resistance. He was the highest ranking U. S. officer killed by enemy fire during World War II.

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Autori Simon Bolivar Buckner, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr
Editore Neil Investments Inc
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 30.06.2019
 
EAN 9781543972641
ISBN 978-1-5439-7264-1
Pagine 192
Dimensioni 150 mm x 226 mm x 15 mm
Peso 318 g
Categorie Saggistica > Storia > Altro
Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni

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