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Death in San Pietro
Tim Brady
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Description for Death in San Pietro
A Death in San Pietro chronicles the quietly heroic and beloved Captain Waskow and his company as they make their way into battle. Waskow's 36th ("Texas") Division would ultimately succeed in driving the Germans off the mountains; but not before eighty percent of Waskow's company is lost in action. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 pages of b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
By the time Mark Clark's Fifth Army reached the small village of San Pietro north of Naples in the first week of December 1943, a tough but rapid sweep through Sicily came to a muddy halt. On the slopes of a distant mountain, the death of a single platoon captain, Henry Waskow, epitomized the struggle. A Death in San Pietro chronicles the quietly heroic and beloved Captain Waskow and his company as they make their way into battle. Waskow's 36th (&ldquoTexas”) Division would ultimately succeed in driving the Germans off the mountains but not before eighty percent of Waskow's ... Read more
By the time Mark Clark's Fifth Army reached the small village of San Pietro north of Naples in the first week of December 1943, a tough but rapid sweep through Sicily came to a muddy halt. On the slopes of a distant mountain, the death of a single platoon captain, Henry Waskow, epitomized the struggle. A Death in San Pietro chronicles the quietly heroic and beloved Captain Waskow and his company as they make their way into battle. Waskow's 36th (&ldquoTexas”) Division would ultimately succeed in driving the Germans off the mountains but not before eighty percent of Waskow's ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306822148
SKU
V9780306822148
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About Tim Brady
Tim Brady is an award-winning author, whose previous book, Twelve Desperate Miles received wide acclaim. He is a regular contributor to PBS and currently writes for History Channel Magazine, Minnesota, and Minnesota Monthly. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Reviews for Death in San Pietro
Dallas Morning News, 11/17/2013 "Concise and distinctive as Pyle's dispatches and forceful as a John Huston film, Tim Brady's A Death in San Pietro is no less a memorial." Kansas City Star, "The 100 Best Books of 2013" America in WWII Magazine, December 2013 "[Brady] begins with three stories...and effectively pulls them together to create a fascinating narrative...that evokes a ... Read more