Richard tregaskis collection howard gotlieb archival research. Tregaskis, guadalcanal diary 1943 and ira wolfert, battle for the. The book recounts the authors time with the united states marine corps on guadalcanal in the early stages of the pivotal monthslong battle there starting in 1942 tregaskis relates combat and conversation in an easily readable vernacular, citing the full. Guadalcanal diary download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Sledge the rape of nanking by iris chang guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis. Fresh from his days in the field on the pacific island of guadalcanal, tregaskis shares a diary of the sicilian and italian campaigns. Guadalcanal diary is a nonfiction diary of richard tregaskis s experience on guadalcanal as a news correspondent. A superb eyewitness account of one of the bloodiest and most pivotal battles of world war ii mark bowden, author of black hawk. Even though he was not fighting, he was living alongside the soldiers of his group and dodging gunfire along the way. Books in the collection include guadalcanal diary 1943. His experiences take him from bombbay doors over rome to one of the few hotels. I dont recall why i purchased the ebookprobably because id read that it was a. Volunteer combat correspondent richard tregaskis risked life and. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it.
Born in elizabeth, new jersey, tregaskis graduated from harvard university and reported for the boston american before joining the international news service. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to. Richard tregaskis 19161973 was a journalist and awardwinning author best known for guadalcanal diary 1943, his bestselling chronicle of the us marine corps invasion of the solomon islands during world war ii. Guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis, paperback barnes. He was a volunteer, and knew what he was getting into, but still was up to the challenge of war. Marine corps invasion of guadalcanal in the solomon islands during world war ii.
Rouben mamoulian collection library of congress dlc. Guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis ebook open road media. Guadalcanal diary by richard tregaskis, first edition. An onlocation news correspondent at the time, one of only two on guadalcanal, he lived alongside the soldiers. Guadalcanal diary is a memoir written by war correspondent richard tregaskis and originally published by random house on january 1, 1943. Richard william tregaskis november 28, 1916 august 15, 1973 was an american journalist and author whose bestknown work is guadalcanal diary 1943, an account of just the first several weeks in august september 1942 of the u.