Duane thorin (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: good. 99, wraps, footnotes, appendices, index, covers somewhat soiled, small crease front cover, some wear to spine edges. This study was prepared to present various points of view on the 1964-65 high school debate topic "Should weapons systems be placed under international control? ".

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, IL. 1956. Viii, 303 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Duane Thorin on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A Ride to Panmunjon, first published in 1956, is a fictionalized account of American prisoners-of-war during the Korean conflict. Author Duane Thorin, himself a US Navy helicopter pilot and POW in Korea, drew on his experiences to write this book, in part to to illustrate interrogation and propaganda methods used by the communists, and how captured servicemen could best resist such efforts. Novel of the Korean War. James Michener based the character of the helicopter pilot in *The Bridges of Toko-Ri* on Thorin. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

New York 1965. 99 pages. Soft covers.[#120197].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Fine in attractive, very good dustwrapper with chipping at the crown. Novel of the Korean War. James Michener based the character of the helicopter pilot in *The Bridges of Toko-Ri* on Thorin.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THORIN TO CORA HUNT as follows: "Dec. 1956/ With very best wishes/ to Mrs. Cora Hunt/ Duane Thorin." 8vo. vi[2]1-303p. Black cloth with white letters. Jacket design by Jack Boyd. Black and white portrait of Thorin on rear panel of dust jacket. Thorin was a Navy helicopter pilot, who rescued many Americans before he himself was captured in 1952 and held as a prisoner of war by North Korea until his release in August, 1953. While fiction, this book is based on his own experiences, as well as those of other prisoners of war in North Korea. Newspaper picture of Thorin's return to his family following hisrelease [Los Angeles Times, Sept. 30, 1953] laid in. Near fine/ Jacket is slightly shelfworn. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 303pp. Inscribed by author with Jan. 1967 date on front endpaper: "To Congressman Clark Bennett of Florida / Best Wishes, Duane Thorin". Light shelf-wear, with faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, rear pastedown, and rear endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Jack Boyd, unclipped (priced $4.00), with modest shelf-wear, tiny tears and chips to extremities, and light foxing to verso; Very Good. Story of American war prisoners in Korea. This copy inscribed to Florida representative of District 2 81st-89th (1949-1967) and District 3 90th-102nd (1967-1993). [88639]. Signed.…