Melville Goodwin, USA by John P. Marquand (HC, 1951, 596 pgs, Little Brown & Co)
Melville Goodwin, USA by John P. Marquand (HC, 1951, 596 pgs, Little Brown & Co)
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A vintage HC book in very good condition. Dust jacket is included and has wear including tears. Cover is in very good condition. Pages are lightly discolored. There is no writing anywhere inside. Binding is tight.
Finalist for the National Book Award:
This sweeping novel set in the aftermath of World War II reveals the story behind the creation of an American icon Major General Melville A. Goodwin, the son of a druggist, served in two world wars, rising through the ranks to take command of an armored division. He was a hero long before he braved a hail of bullets to save a fellow American in postwar Berlin, but until that mad act of courage, no one outside of the military had ever heard of him. That is all about to change: A weekly news magazine has convinced the major general to sit down for an extended interview at the home of Sid Skelton, a popular radio commentator and former army buddy of Goodwin’s.