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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Galaxy Pr Llc
Publication date
October 20, 2014
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781592123209
ISBN-10
1592123201
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 5.75 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Original list price
$12.95
Other format details
audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Winchester Remington Smith is a crack shot. Problem is, surrounded by roller coasters and merry-go-rounds, his talent is going to waste, knocking down ducks in a carnival shooting gallery. Win wants some real action, and like Gary Cooper as Sergeant York, heâs going to warârunning off to join the U.S. Marines to fight a guerilla insurgency south of the border.
In the jungles of Central America, Win takes a different kind of roller coaster ride. Quick and quiet, heâs now a runner. Itâs a vital role, but he feels like a messenger boy, unable to put his rifle to good use. Even when he saves the life of First Sergeant Fifty-Fifty OâBrienâa Marine so gung-ho he has about a fifty-fifty chance of survivalâWin ends up facing a disciplinary hearing for disobeying orders.
Can the young sharpshooter redeem himself? Winâs about to get his chance, an opportunity to deliver a message that the Marines will never forget.
Step right up and take a shot as the audio version of Fifty-Fifty OâBrien leads you from the carnival midway to the middle of the jungle as a young Marine takes aim at heroism.
Hubbard knew exactly what it meant to be a Marine. As he wrote in 1935: âMost of the fiction written about [Marines] is of an intensely dramatic type, all do-or-die and Semper Fidelis.â But the reality, he said, was far different. âIâve known the Corps from Quantico to Peiping, from the South Pacific to the West Indies, and Iâve never seen any flag-waving. The most refreshing part of the U.S.M.C. is that they get their orders . . . and do the job and thatâs that.â Itâs that kind of unique and pointed insight that he brings to stories like Fifty-Fifty OâBrien.
Also includes the military adventures The Adventure of X, in which a French Foreign Legionnaireâs intelligence mission leads him into an enemy ambush, and he has to warn his fellow Legionnaires before they walk into a massacre; and Red Sand, the story of a disgraced Chicago cop who joins the Legionnaires and finds his investigative skills invaluable in the desert.
In the jungles of Central America, Win takes a different kind of roller coaster ride. Quick and quiet, heâs now a runner. Itâs a vital role, but he feels like a messenger boy, unable to put his rifle to good use. Even when he saves the life of First Sergeant Fifty-Fifty OâBrienâa Marine so gung-ho he has about a fifty-fifty chance of survivalâWin ends up facing a disciplinary hearing for disobeying orders.
Can the young sharpshooter redeem himself? Winâs about to get his chance, an opportunity to deliver a message that the Marines will never forget.
Step right up and take a shot as the audio version of Fifty-Fifty OâBrien leads you from the carnival midway to the middle of the jungle as a young Marine takes aim at heroism.
Hubbard knew exactly what it meant to be a Marine. As he wrote in 1935: âMost of the fiction written about [Marines] is of an intensely dramatic type, all do-or-die and Semper Fidelis.â But the reality, he said, was far different. âIâve known the Corps from Quantico to Peiping, from the South Pacific to the West Indies, and Iâve never seen any flag-waving. The most refreshing part of the U.S.M.C. is that they get their orders . . . and do the job and thatâs that.â Itâs that kind of unique and pointed insight that he brings to stories like Fifty-Fifty OâBrien.
Also includes the military adventures The Adventure of X, in which a French Foreign Legionnaireâs intelligence mission leads him into an enemy ambush, and he has to warn his fellow Legionnaires before they walk into a massacre; and Red Sand, the story of a disgraced Chicago cop who joins the Legionnaires and finds his investigative skills invaluable in the desert.
Editions
Paperback
from Galaxy Pr Llc (October 20, 2014)
9781592123629 | details & prices | 145 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $9.95
About: Winchester Remington Smith is a crack shot.
About: Winchester Remington Smith is a crack shot.
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
Unabridged edition from Galaxy Pr Llc (October 20, 2014)
9781592123209 | details & prices | 5.50 × 5.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Winchester Remington Smith is a crack shot.
About: Winchester Remington Smith is a crack shot.
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