Search Results: United States Military from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

2000 hardcover as pictured. This is a very interesting history of two US Navy arctic operations undertaken in 1958, those being use of a ZPG-2 blimp "719" as a supply ship and the historic polar journey of the submarine, USS Nautilus. The book is warmly inscribed and signed by the author. Binding is firm. Boards are clean and sho little wear aside from bumped lower corners. Signed on FFEP. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is complete with slight shelf wear. Includes extensive end notes and many photographs. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OA4

2006 softcover as pictured. This is the remarkable story of Courtney Hodges, the only American to rise from the rank of private to full general of the US Army. Serving in the Philippines, Mexico, Europe and Japan, he is said to have captured more ground than any other American. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are rubbed and creased with curling corners. Owner's name on FFEP. One page with underlining, text appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1990 softcover as pictured. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers rubbed. Tex clean and unmarked. Includes many illustrations, photographs and maps as well as an extensive index. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1948 hardcover as pictured. Excerpts from the diary of a US army cavalryman during the 1850s in New Mexico. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with black stamping show light edge wear. Endpapers tanned. Text is clean and unmarked. Includes a number of illustrations and a folded map of New Mexico Territory in a pocket attached to the rear board. Dust jacket is largely complete with several small tears and small chips at edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

2010 flexibound volume as pictured. Infidel is a photographic essay providing an intimate portrait of a single U.S. platoon, assigned to an outpost in the Korengal Valley, one of the most dangerous Afghan postings in the war against the Taliban. Photographer Tim Hetherington presents a series of images that prove surprisingly tender in their depiction of male camaraderie and vulnerability. Embedded reporter Sebastian Junger provides an introduction and a series of short interviews with platoon members. This copy is signed by both Hetherington and Junger on the title page. Binding is firm. Black boards ahow minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked, top edge slightly mottled. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB3