Goodbye, Darkness

by Manchester, William

• ISBN13: 9780316501118
• ISBN10: 0316501115
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-12
• Publisher: HACHETTE

Summary

For the first time in trade paperback, the book in which one of the most celebrated biographer/historians of our time looks back at his own early life and gives us a remarkable account of World War II in the Pacific, of what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and, most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences. Back Bay takes pride in making William Manchesters intense, stirring, and impassioned memoir available to a new generation of readers. A book that will enthrall readers interested in the experiences and exploits of Americas greatest generation. As noted in a recent front-page New York Times article, William Manchester is today widely regarded as Americas preeminent biographer/historian. In the two decades since its initial publication, Goodbye, Darkness has achieved the status of a modern classic.

Author Biography

William Manchester is one of America's most celebrated biographer-historians. He is Professor of History Emeritus at Wesleyan University

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. xiii
Preamble: Blood That Never Dried	p. 3
Prologue: The Wind-Grieved Ghost	p. 9
Able: From the Argonne to Pearl Harbor	p. 15
Baker: Arizona, I Remember You	p. 37
Charlie: Ghastly Remnants of Its Last Gaunt Garrison	p. 55
Dog: The Rim of Darkness	p. 77
Easy: The Raggedy Ass Marines	p. 119
Fox: The Canal	p. 159
George: Les Braves Gens	p. 215
How: We Are Living Very Fast	p. 255
Item: I Will Lay Me Down for to Bleed a While ...	p. 305
Jig: ... Then I'll Rise and Fight with You Again	p. 349
Author's Note	p. 397
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