Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II by Kernan, Alvin

Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300123159)

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Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II by Kernan, Alvin

Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II

$15.00
Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II by Kernan, Alvin

Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II

$15.00
Format: Paperback
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In this memoir of life aboard aircraft carriers during World War II, Alvin Kernan combines vivid recollections of his experience as a young enlisted sailor with a rich historical account of the Pacific war.

"One of the most arresting naval autobiographies yet published."--Sir John Keegan

"An honest story of collective courage, evocative, well-written, and fixed before the colors fade."--Kirkus Reviews

"[Kernan] recounts a wonderful and exciting American story about a poor farm boy from Wyoming who enlisted in the Navy. . . .[He] has written eight other books. I will go back and read them all."--John Lehman, Air & Space

"Details . . . make the moment vivid; that is what it was like, on the Hornet in its last hours."--Samuel Hynes, New York Times Book Review

Author: Alvin Kernan
ISBN-10: 0300123159
ISBN-13: 9780300123159
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/12/2007
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/15/2007 pg. 112
By Alvin Kernan
By Alvin Kernan
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Alvin Kernan (1923-2018) was Avalon University Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, Princeton University. He served in the U.S. Navy, 1941-45. His previous books about World War II include The Unknown Battle of Midway, published by Yale University Press, and the novels Love and Glory and Proceed Without "Hornet".

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