harllee john (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on half title page.

Zustand: Fair. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on half title page. Half title page cut.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Hardback in Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. . 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches. 330 pages. Rubbing and wear to dust jacket edges. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. Printed wraps in clear plastic folder. 18 pp. A magazine in the mimeo or "little" style, publishing poetry in the objectivist and libertarian genre, seeking to upend the concept that "poetry has been, for centuries, the monopoly of the irrational: the mystic, the altruist, the subjectivist." VERY GOOD. Minor toning.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [10], 328, [6] pages. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads "To David R. Wheelwright With kindest regards. John Harllee, November 15, 1990." Scratches on rear cover noted. John Harllee was retired Navy Rear Admiral and former chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. As a Lieutenant, he was stationed at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked on December 7, 1941. During World War II, he commanded a torpedo boat squadron in the Southwest Pacific that was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. He received the Silver Star and Legion of Merit. From 1947 to 1948, he served in the Navy's Congressional Liaison Unit on special assignment to John F. Kennedy when the future president was a member of Congress. During the Korean War, he served as executive officer aboard the cruiser Manchester, for which he was decorated with the Navy Commendation Medal. He retired from the Navy in 1959 with the rank of Rear Admiral. Admiral Harllee served as chairman of Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson in northern California during the 1960 presidential campaign. Kennedy appointed him to the newly formed Federal Maritime Commission in 1961. He was promoted to chairman of the commission in 1963 and was reappointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. He retired in 1969. He then worked as a maritime consultant until 1974. He traveled to more than 30 countries, including Morocco, Turkey, Russia and China. This is a work of fiction, which refers to historical personages and events, as well as battle conditions in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. This is the saga of a man who loved a woman and ships and miraculously survived many action-packed adventures in war and peace to attain them. The story ranges from Australia to California.