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The house of memory : reflections on youth and war Cover Image Book Book

The house of memory : reflections on youth and war / John Freely.

Freely, John, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780451494702 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 252 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Youth -- Sailing against the tide -- Depression brooklyn -- All will be well -- I'm in the Navy now -- Part 2. War -- Preparing for war -- Shipping out -- Lost horizon -- Jade Snow Dragon Mountain -- The rivers of paradise -- The ungovernable sea -- Part 3. Memory -- Waves washing the sand.
Summary, etc.:
"An engaging, funny, and tender memoir from a man of ninety years: of growing up poor in a Brooklyn and Ireland that now exist only in memory, and of serving in the China/Burma/India theater during World War II as a member of an elite U.S. Navy commando unit."--Provided by publisher.

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Subject: Freely, John.
World War, 1939-1945 > East Asia.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Myanmar
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > China.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > India.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

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300 . ‡a252 pages : ‡billustrations, maps, portraits ; ‡c25 cm
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500 . ‡a"Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
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520 . ‡a"An engaging, funny, and tender memoir from a man of ninety years: of growing up poor in a Brooklyn and Ireland that now exist only in memory, and of serving in the China/Burma/India theater during World War II as a member of an elite U.S. Navy commando unit."--Provided by publisher.
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650 0. ‡aWorld War, 1939-1945 ‡xCampaigns ‡zIndia.
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