The Longest Day A Bridge Too Far - Library of America (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

The Library of America is issuing the above two books by Cornelius Ryan in one edition. See https://loa.org/books/602-the-longest-day-a-bridge-too-far

The volume is edited by Rick Atkinson.

 

[lancer]

Both classic works that were groundbreaking when written. Well worth reading even though they are now older works. -- Al

 

[johnnybach]

The Library of America is issuing the above two books by Cornelius Ryan in one edition. See https://loa.org/books/602-the-longest-day-a-bridge-too-far

The volume is edited by Rick Atkinson.

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Pity they didn't include the third book of Ryan's trilogy - "The Final Battle", which is a compelling account of the events leading up to and including the Battle for Berlin. This book was never made into a blockbuster movie though, unlike the other two. Shame that. jb

 

[Larry Allen]

When I first saw this I wondered why they would re-issue two (albeit must have WWII books) into a single edition.
Many of the folks on this forum have these books, as well as the movies, on their shelves.

But, in addition to the reprint of the novels, you also get ....

This authoritative Library of America volume also collects seventeen of Ryan’s wartime dispatches for the London Daily Telegraph, including his eyewitness account of D-Day as seen from an American bomber; magazine stories that supplement The Longest Day; revealing letters to publishers; and samples of the research questionnaires he sent to veterans. It restores to print the full-color endpaper maps from the first edition of The Longest Day, and includes an introduction, a chronology of Ryan’s life and career, explanatory endnotes, eighty-eight pages of photographs, and eleven black and white maps.

Well worth the price. :wink2:

--- LaRRy

 

[jazzeum]

LOA brings out a lot of worthwhile books by well known and not so well known authors who may have been somewhat forgotten. They also pull together articles on a topic hard to get in one place, such as news dispatches written by foreign correspondents in WW II and Vietnam; I have the Vietnam one and it’s excellent. I also have a similar collection for baseball that is also well worth the money.