{"product_id":"the-big-war-9780060934736","title":"The Big War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One must go back to \u003cem\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/em\u003e to find another novel as charged as this one \" -- \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey were our husbands, our fathers, our lovers, our sons. They were Americans and Marines. And this is their story: \u003cem\u003eThe Big War\u003c\/em\u003e, Anton Myrer's panoramic novel of Marines in the Pacific in World War II. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Alan Newcombe, the Boston society Harvard man; Danny Kantaylis, the natural-born leader; Jay O'Neill, the barroom scrapper. Myrer does not glorify war; he does not flinch from describing what the actual experience of warfare was like for a desperate group of Marines trapped in some of the worst fighting conditions of the war. We learn about their lives at home and their fates on the battlefield.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060934736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.28w x 0.93d","brand":"Anton Myrer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916723392693,"sku":"9780060934736","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_90839262-4cd7-4952-84b1-22ebb40917da.jpg?v=1687269466","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-big-war-9780060934736","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}