{"product_id":"the-big-war-paperback","title":"The Big War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Myrer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One must go back to \u003cem\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/em\u003e to find another novel as charged as this one \" -- \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: \u003cem\u003eThe Big War\u003c\/em\u003e, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: \u003cem\u003eThe Big War\u003c\/em\u003e, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. This is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 8.02 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454879744178,"sku":"9780060934736","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/230dcb04d38607a610c201efa8e62e39_a7886e74-00dc-434b-aa4a-23cbc7dc8888.webp?v=1778862057","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-big-war-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}