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Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Bantam Books
Publication date January 29, 2008
Pages 538
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780553585674
ISBN-10 0553585673
Dimensions 1.25 by 4.25 by 7 in.
Weight 0.60 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $6.99
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Drawing on eyewitness accounts by survivors, as well as extensive research, a compelling account of America's first battle of World War II describes the ordeal of American soldiers and civilians who defended Wake Island against a surprise Japanese attack just hours after Pearl Harbor and were forced to endure nearly four years of brutality as Japanese POWs. Reprint.
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780553803020
 
from Bantam Dell Pub Group (September 1, 2003)
9780553803020 | details & prices | 412 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $24.95
About: An account of America's first battle of World War II describes the ordeal of American soldiers and civilians who defended Wake Island against a surprise Japanese attack just hours after Pearl Harbor.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780553381948 Book cover for 9780553585674
 
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Reprint edition from Bantam Books (January 29, 2008)
9780553585674 | details & prices | 538 pages | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $6.99
About: Drawing on eyewitness accounts by survivors, as well as extensive research, a compelling account of America's first battle of World War II describes the ordeal of American soldiers and civilians who defended Wake Island against a surprise Japanese attack just hours after Pearl Harbor and were forced to endure nearly four years of brutality as Japanese POWs.
Reprint edition from Bantam Dell Pub Group (September 28, 2004)
9780553381948 | details & prices | 412 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $18.00
About: Drawing on eyewitness accounts by survivors, as well as extensive research, a compelling account of America's first battle of World War II describes the ordeal of American soldiers and civilians who defended Wake Island against a surprise Japanese attack just hours after Pearl Harbor and were forced to endure nearly four years of brutality as Japanese POWs.

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