FA: Battleship Sailor by Theodore C, Mason, HB/DJ

Battleship Sailor
by Theodore C. Mason
Foreword by Edward L. Beach

Symbol of power and hubris of nations, the dreadnought and her steel and
wooden predecessors enjoyed a long reign as the "queen of battles." That
reign ended in two momentous hours at Pearl Harbor 6 decades ago. But the
smartness and mystique of those great gray battleships and their tough,
proud crews will never die in the memory. Here that past is honored by a man
who was himself a crewman in the battleship California in 1940-41.
Illustrated with B&W photos. This doesn't have a price on the jacket,
suggesting that it might be a book club. If not it is a first edition.

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD, 1982, 271 pages, 6 ¼" x 9 ¼", red cloth
with blue lettering, dust jacket, gray endpapers, illustrated.

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Auction closes 12/10/03.