The Old Breed... The Complete Story Revealed: A Father, A Son, and How WWII in the Pacific Shaped Their Lives
Autor W. Henry Sledgeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 iun 2025
The Old Breed… The Complete Story Revealed brings to life an abundance of new material from the original manuscript of Eugene Sledge’s classic memoir With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa. By interspersing his own personal anecdotes throughout, Henry Sledge takes his father’s work and gives it newfound context, sharing memories of conversations between father and son. The result is a flowing narrative that portrays an intimate look at a WWII veteran and his struggles to adapt to civilian life following the war.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798888458488
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Knox press
Colecția Knox Press
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Knox press
Colecția Knox Press
Notă biografică
Henry Sledge is the son of renowned author Eugene Sledge, who wrote With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa and China Marine. While growing up, he witnessed his father’s memoir take form and come to life. Through many conversations with his father about his experiences across the islands of the Pacific, Henry formed a deep and abiding passion for all aspects of World War II history.
Henry has worked as a consultant for Valor Studios and has been published in Valor and Naval History Magazine. His most recent article was the cover story for the Autumn 2022 issue of World War II magazine. He has co-hosted numerous WWII podcasts and has appeared as a guest on numerous other talk shows and documentaries, such as “The We Happy Few Podcast,” “The WWII Podcast,” “The We Have Ways Podcast,” “Tall Tales With Taco,” “WW2 TV,” and “Reel History.” He holds a BA from Auburn University and has over twenty years of experience in the heavy equipment industry.
Henry has worked as a consultant for Valor Studios and has been published in Valor and Naval History Magazine. His most recent article was the cover story for the Autumn 2022 issue of World War II magazine. He has co-hosted numerous WWII podcasts and has appeared as a guest on numerous other talk shows and documentaries, such as “The We Happy Few Podcast,” “The WWII Podcast,” “The We Have Ways Podcast,” “Tall Tales With Taco,” “WW2 TV,” and “Reel History.” He holds a BA from Auburn University and has over twenty years of experience in the heavy equipment industry.
Recenzii
“In the most true and simple words, understand this: Eugene Sledge is a legend.”
“Henry Sledge has taken the greatest war memoir ever written under his skillful editorial wing and made it brand new again, revealing previously unpublished passages and adding his own fascinating recollections of his father, Eugene Sledge. Highly recommended!”
“This is a remarkable piece of work by the son of the legendary E.B. Sledge that knits together beautifully the unpublished chapters of the war classic With the Old Breed with the author’s own memory of how his father struggled to reintegrate into civilian life after returning from the Pacific in 1945. A brilliant and important book…. it’s superb.”
“Profoundly moving. The brutal realities of fighting in the Pacific in World War II and all the privations that accompanied the violence are even more starkly revealed in these previously unpublished writings by Eugene Sledge, expertly woven together by the son who grew up with the long shadow of that terrible conflict. Together, father and son reveal not only more of the young man who fought so courageously in the Pacific, but also of the husband, father, and scientist he became. It is by turns shocking, upsetting and wistful but also charts the complex process Eugene Sledge underwent of writing his iconic memoir, With The Old Breed. There is catharsis here too in this deeply thoughtful and wonderful book—one that lingers in the mind long after the last page has been turned.”
“We Marines were blessed with the writings of E.B. Sledge. He eloquently captured the battlefield environment many of us experienced throughout our Corps’ history. His son Henry has added to his father’s legacy with this superb book. From his father’s papers and his shared stories with Henry, we have been given another great Sledge work!”
“When discussing one of the best memoirs ever written by a front line combat soldier it seems almost criminal that a publisher could tell the author to excise two-thirds of the material. But that’s what happened before With the Old Breed was published. Finally, more than forty years after the original was released, we get the rest of the story...What comes through clearly, just as in the original classic, is the basic humanity of Eugene Sledge. And like the book the elder Sledge penned, his son’s version is a stark reminder of the price those we send to war continue to pay long after the conflict they endured leaves the headlines.”
“Henry Sledge has taken the greatest war memoir ever written under his skillful editorial wing and made it brand new again, revealing previously unpublished passages and adding his own fascinating recollections of his father, Eugene Sledge. Highly recommended!”
“This is a remarkable piece of work by the son of the legendary E.B. Sledge that knits together beautifully the unpublished chapters of the war classic With the Old Breed with the author’s own memory of how his father struggled to reintegrate into civilian life after returning from the Pacific in 1945. A brilliant and important book…. it’s superb.”
“Profoundly moving. The brutal realities of fighting in the Pacific in World War II and all the privations that accompanied the violence are even more starkly revealed in these previously unpublished writings by Eugene Sledge, expertly woven together by the son who grew up with the long shadow of that terrible conflict. Together, father and son reveal not only more of the young man who fought so courageously in the Pacific, but also of the husband, father, and scientist he became. It is by turns shocking, upsetting and wistful but also charts the complex process Eugene Sledge underwent of writing his iconic memoir, With The Old Breed. There is catharsis here too in this deeply thoughtful and wonderful book—one that lingers in the mind long after the last page has been turned.”
“We Marines were blessed with the writings of E.B. Sledge. He eloquently captured the battlefield environment many of us experienced throughout our Corps’ history. His son Henry has added to his father’s legacy with this superb book. From his father’s papers and his shared stories with Henry, we have been given another great Sledge work!”
“When discussing one of the best memoirs ever written by a front line combat soldier it seems almost criminal that a publisher could tell the author to excise two-thirds of the material. But that’s what happened before With the Old Breed was published. Finally, more than forty years after the original was released, we get the rest of the story...What comes through clearly, just as in the original classic, is the basic humanity of Eugene Sledge. And like the book the elder Sledge penned, his son’s version is a stark reminder of the price those we send to war continue to pay long after the conflict they endured leaves the headlines.”
Descriere
Forty years after the publication of Eugene Sledge’s memoir With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa comes The Old Breed… The Complete Story Revealed by Eugene’s son, Henry, adding new material and immeasurable depth to his father’s story.