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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II (Large Print)
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Specificaties
- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9780063242258
- EAN
- 9780063242258
- Book Title
- Mosquito Bowl : a Game of Life and Death in World War II
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Features
- Large Type
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, History, Football, Military
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 26.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 784 Pages
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Product Information
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the peak of its popularity. As the nation geared up for war, one branch of the service dominated with its college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. In 1944, the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, training for what would be the bloodiest battle of he war-the invasion of Okinawa. When the trash talking between the regiments over who had the better football team reached a fever pitch, they decided to play an epic game, which became known as "the Mosquito Bowl." Fifteen of the sixty-five players in the rivalry game would soon be killed at Okinawa, the largest number of American athletes ever to die in a single battle. Buzz Bissinger takes us from the playing fields of America's campuses, to the final time these men were allowed to be boys on that field of dirt and coral, to the deadliest days that followed at Okinawa. Book jacket.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0063242257
ISBN-13
9780063242258
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16057236609
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mosquito Bowl : a Game of Life and Death in World War II
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Large Type
Topic
Military / World War II, History, Football, Military
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
784 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Edition Description
Large Type / Large Print Edition
Reviews
"Here may be the most uniquely fascinating story ever written about World War II. Like the best of Buzz Bissinger, it is about far more than a football game, or even the war. He's a gifted narrator and prodigious researcher, and in this book his skills are all on display: indelible characters, a bizarre and remarkably distinct setting, action, drama... a great story told with insight and humor and deep feeling. Do not pass this book by. It is magnificent." -- Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968 "The Mosquito Bowl is savage, piercing and haunting. Buzz Bissinger has written an utterly heartbreaking saga that fuses the macho glory of college football with the brutality and futility of combat. It is a measure of Bissinger's singular talent that his searing account is tragic, yet also inspiring and unforgettable." -- David Zucchino, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Wilmington's Lie "Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured it." -- John Grisham, "Here may be the most uniquely fascinating story ever written about World War II. Like the best of Buzz Bissinger, it is about far more than a football game, or even the war. He's a gifted narrator and prodigious researcher, and in this book his skills are all on display: indelible characters, a bizarre and remarkably distinct setting, action, drama... a great story told with insight and humor and deep feeling. Do not pass this book by. It is magnificent." -- Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968 "The Mosquito Bowl is savage, piercing and haunting. Buzz Bissinger has written an utterly heartbreaking saga that fuses the macho glory of college football with the brutality and futility of combat. It is a measure of Bissinger's singular talent that his searing account is tragic, yet also inspiring and unforgettable." -- David Zucchino, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Wilmington's Lie, "Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured it." -- John Grisham "Stephen Crane famously discovered 'the rage of conflict' while watching a college football game. For Buzz Bissinger, football is no metaphor; it is the way into one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Deeply researched, told with extraordinary empathy and verve, The Mosquito Bowl will break your heart." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea and Travels with George "Here may be the most uniquely fascinating story ever written about World War II. Like the best of Buzz Bissinger, it is about far more than a football game, or even the war. He's a gifted narrator and prodigious researcher, and in this book his skills are all on display: indelible characters, a bizarre and remarkably distinct setting, action, drama... a great story told with insight and humor and deep feeling. Do not pass this book by. It is magnificent." -- Mark Bowden, New York Times bestselling author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968 "Take your pick: This is either the story of the most improbable game of football ever played, an anthem to immigrant America, or a brilliant tribute to an exemplary brotherhood that would be decimated at Okinawa. In every case it's an indelible account of promising young men themselves hurled into history. Buzz Bissinger has stitched their story together as no one else could, powerfully and seamlessly, offering up a tender-tough tale in his signature high-octane prose." -- Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Witches: Salem, 1692 "Harrowing, profound, and illuminating, The Mosquito Bowl humanizes war and elevates athletic competition in one fell swoop. Bissinger is the master of showing us life in a single grain of sand, and he has done so brilliantly here. As familiar as the subject of World War II may seem, this book makes you see it in a fresh and exquisite way, with all its pain and triumph rendered in close detail." -- Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of On Animals and The Library Book "The Mosquito Bowl is savage, piercing and haunting. Buzz Bissinger has written an utterly heartbreaking saga that fuses the macho glory of college football with the brutality and futility of combat. It is a measure of Bissinger's singular talent that his searing account is tragic, yet also inspiring and unforgettable." -- David Zucchino, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Wilmington's Lie "[Bissinger] succeeds brilliantly, interweaving rich back stories of a few superior college football players whose sports careers and lives were upended and often ended by war . . . . it changed the way I thought about World War II." -- New York Times Book Review, "Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured it." -- John Grisham "Stephen Crane famously discovered 'the rage of conflict' while watching a college football game. For Buzz Bissinger, football is no metaphor; it is the way into one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Deeply researched, told with extraordinary empathy and verve, The Mosquito Bowl will break your heart." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea and Travels with George "Here may be the most uniquely fascinating story ever written about World War II. Like the best of Buzz Bissinger, it is about far more than a football game, or even the war. He's a gifted narrator and prodigious researcher, and in this book his skills are all on display: indelible characters, a bizarre and remarkably distinct setting, action, drama... a great story told with insight and humor and deep feeling. Do not pass this book by. It is magnificent." -- Mark Bowden, New York Times bestselling author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968 "Take your pick: This is either the story of the most improbable game of football ever played, an anthem to immigrant America, or a brilliant tribute to an exemplary brotherhood that would be decimated at Okinawa. In every case it's an indelible account of promising young men themselves hurled into history. Buzz Bissinger has stitched their story together as no one else could, powerfully and seamlessly, offering up a tender-tough tale in his signature high-octane prose." -- Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Witches: Salem, 1692 "Harrowing, profound, and illuminating, The Mosquito Bowl humanizes war and elevates athletic competition in one fell swoop. Bissinger is the master of showing us life in a single grain of sand, and he has done so brilliantly here. As familiar as the subject of World War II may seem, this book makes you see it in a fresh and exquisite way, with all its pain and triumph rendered in close detail." -- Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of On Animals and The Library Book "The Mosquito Bowl is savage, piercing and haunting. Buzz Bissinger has written an utterly heartbreaking saga that fuses the macho glory of college football with the brutality and futility of combat. It is a measure of Bissinger's singular talent that his searing account is tragic, yet also inspiring and unforgettable." -- David Zucchino, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Wilmington's Lie, Here may be the most uniquely fascinating story ever written about World War II. Like the best of Buzz Bissinger, it is about far more than a football game, or even the war. He's a gifted narrator and prodigious researcher, and in this book his skills are all on display: indelible characters, a bizarre and remarkably distinct setting, action, drama... a great story told with insight and humor and deep feeling. Do not pass this book by. It is magnificent., "Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured it." -- John Grisham "Stephen Crane famously discovered 'the rage of conflict' while watching a college football game. For Buzz Bissinger, football is no metaphor; it is the way into one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Deeply researched, told with extraordinary empathy and verve, The Mosquito Bowl will break your heart." -- Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea and Travels with George "Here may be the most uniquely fascinating story ever written about World War II. Like the best of Buzz Bissinger, it is about far more than a football game, or even the war. He's a gifted narrator and prodigious researcher, and in this book his skills are all on display: indelible characters, a bizarre and remarkably distinct setting, action, drama... a great story told with insight and humor and deep feeling. Do not pass this book by. It is magnificent." -- Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968 "Take your pick: This is either the story of the most improbable game of football ever played, an anthem to immigrant America, or a brilliant tribute to an exemplary brotherhood that would be decimated at Okinawa. In every case it's an indelible account of promising young men themselves hurled into history. Buzz Bissinger has stitched their story together as no one else could, powerfully and seamlessly, offering up a tender-tough tale in his signature high-octane prose." -- Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Witches: Salem, 1692 "Harrowing, profound, and illuminating, The Mosquito Bowl humanizes war and elevates athletic competition in one fell swoop. Bissinger is the master of showing us life in a single grain of sand, and he has done so brilliantly here. As familiar as the subject of World War II may seem, this book makes you see it in a fresh and exquisite way, with all its pain and triumph rendered in close detail." -- Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of On Animals and The Library Book "The Mosquito Bowl is savage, piercing and haunting. Buzz Bissinger has written an utterly heartbreaking saga that fuses the macho glory of college football with the brutality and futility of combat. It is a measure of Bissinger's singular talent that his searing account is tragic, yet also inspiring and unforgettable." -- David Zucchino, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Wilmington's Lie
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