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Wainwright | General Jonathan M.

General Wainwright’s Story

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Description

Signed first edition of General Wainwright’s Story.

Octavo, [5], 314pp. Brown cloth, title in gilt. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Clean text throughout. In publisher’s dust jacket, price clipped, light toning to spine, short closed tear along bottom edge of front cover, a very good example. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “JM Wainwright. General. U.S.A.”

General Jonathan M. Wainwright was the Commander of Allied Forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to Japan in the early days of World War II. Upon the surrender of the Philippines and Corregidor, Wainwright became the highest ranking American prisoner of war. He would be released in August of 1945. He would receive the Medal of Honor and return to the United States with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

Additional information

Location Published

Garden City

Publisher

Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Edition

First Edition

Date Published

1946

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Near Fine

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Author

Wainwright | General Jonathan M.