Under Fire
by W. E. B. Griffin
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Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
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Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399148262
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 0399148264
Label: Putnam Adult
Number Of Items: 14
Number Of Pages: 5
Publication Date: 2002-01-14
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Release Date: 2002-01-03
Studio: Putnam Adult
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Satisfied
Comment: Haven't read the book as yet but if it's as good as the condition that I received it in, I'll be very happy. Good copy, received when promised and clean enough to leave laying around on the coffee table. Thank You, Ken Driscoll
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Summary: The Corps series
Comment: I think W.E.B Griffin(his real name is William E. Butterworth)is the best current day writer. I highly recommend this and all of his other books. This book is number 9 of 10 in the Corps series
Customer Rating:
Summary: Under Fire by W.E.B. Griffin
Comment: This book came in excellant condition and I would recommend
the seller. Book came right away. Would like to Thank the
Seller for getting it out so quickly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My first Corps novel, (and hopefully not my last)
Comment: This is the first time I've been exposed to Griffin's Corps novels. I listened to this one on tape, and I found it totally gripping! The characters are warm and very believable. Some are larger than life (ie: Major McCoy), but that's required in a novel of this type. One strong character is needed to carry the story along. I loved the inside look at one of the major battles of the Korean War (the attack on Inchon), and I liked the glimpse that we got of some real people, like General Douglas MacCarthur and President Harry Truman. I think Griffin has a really good understanding of the American Armed forces and the way that things are done there, and he tells a whopping good tale! I actually had shivers when I heard James Laughton describe the battle to take the two Korean islands that were required before the landing at Inchon could occur. And that's another thing - James Laughton does a wonderful job of reading this very exciting book. I truly enjoyed it, and am going to read or listen to other books in this series.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WARNING this is a 2-part set
Comment: WARNING! The Books-On-Tape unabridged version is a 2 part set, consisting of 18 (eighteen) cassettes in 2 (two) plastic cases. If a vendor does not specify all 18 cassettes, inquire before purchasing. Also, this is not "book 2" of anything, rather it is Book 9 of the Corps Series.
According to Amazon, reader reviews should not be used for such information, but Amazon ignores all corrections sent the way they specify for corrections.
Oh yes, this is a terrific book, and the audio version is superb.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Satisfied
Comment: Haven't read the book as yet but if it's as good as the condition that I received it in, I'll be very happy. Good copy, received when promised and clean enough to leave laying around on the coffee table. Thank You, Ken Driscoll
Customer Rating:
Summary: The Corps series
Comment: I think W.E.B Griffin(his real name is William E. Butterworth)is the best current day writer. I highly recommend this and all of his other books. This book is number 9 of 10 in the Corps series
Customer Rating:
Summary: Under Fire by W.E.B. Griffin
Comment: This book came in excellant condition and I would recommend
the seller. Book came right away. Would like to Thank the
Seller for getting it out so quickly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My first Corps novel, (and hopefully not my last)
Comment: This is the first time I've been exposed to Griffin's Corps novels. I listened to this one on tape, and I found it totally gripping! The characters are warm and very believable. Some are larger than life (ie: Major McCoy), but that's required in a novel of this type. One strong character is needed to carry the story along. I loved the inside look at one of the major battles of the Korean War (the attack on Inchon), and I liked the glimpse that we got of some real people, like General Douglas MacCarthur and President Harry Truman. I think Griffin has a really good understanding of the American Armed forces and the way that things are done there, and he tells a whopping good tale! I actually had shivers when I heard James Laughton describe the battle to take the two Korean islands that were required before the landing at Inchon could occur. And that's another thing - James Laughton does a wonderful job of reading this very exciting book. I truly enjoyed it, and am going to read or listen to other books in this series.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WARNING this is a 2-part set
Comment: WARNING! The Books-On-Tape unabridged version is a 2 part set, consisting of 18 (eighteen) cassettes in 2 (two) plastic cases. If a vendor does not specify all 18 cassettes, inquire before purchasing. Also, this is not "book 2" of anything, rather it is Book 9 of the Corps Series.
According to Amazon, reader reviews should not be used for such information, but Amazon ignores all corrections sent the way they specify for corrections.
Oh yes, this is a terrific book, and the audio version is superb.
Griffin takes his Marine heroes to Korea, in the biggest Corps novel of them all.
Through eight books, Griffin's bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps has proven itself to be one of the country's most enduring and popular series. Now, Griffin leaves World War II behind and thrusts his readers deep into the heart of the Korean War.
June 1, 1950: Captain Ken McCoy's report on probable North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that not only is it promptly suppressed, but McCoy himself is kicked out of the Corps. At least two outfits, however, are not impressed by such infighting: the fledgling CIA, which promptly hires McCoy, and the North Koreans, who on June 25th invade across the 38th parallel. Immediately, veterans scattered throughout military and civilian life are called up, many with only 72 hours' notice. Fleming Pickering and his daredevil son Malcolm, Ed Manning, George Hart, Jack Stecker, Jake Dillon, Ernie Zimmerman - for them and their sweethearts and wives, names such as Inchon, Pusan, and the Choisin Reservoir will acquire a new, bloody reality, and Korea will become not only a new battlefield...but their greatest challenge of all.
Filled with the crackling realism, adventure, and rich characters that are his hallmarks, Under Fire is further proof, as Tom Clancy says, that "W.E.B. Griffin is a storyteller in the grand tradition."
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