A lasting tribute to the USS Enterprise, this heavily illustrated, new edition tells the classic tale of the carrier that contributed more than any other warship to the naval victory in the Pacific. The original book, published in 1962, has remained one of the most celebrated World War II stories for more than four decades. The Big E participated in nearly every major engagement of the war against Japan and earned a total of twenty battle stars. The Halsey-Doolittle Raid; the Battles of Midway, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal, the ...
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A lasting tribute to the USS Enterprise, this heavily illustrated, new edition tells the classic tale of the carrier that contributed more than any other warship to the naval victory in the Pacific. The original book, published in 1962, has remained one of the most celebrated World War II stories for more than four decades. The Big E participated in nearly every major engagement of the war against Japan and earned a total of twenty battle stars. The Halsey-Doolittle Raid; the Battles of Midway, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal, the Philippine Sea, and Leyte Gulf; and the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa are all faithfully recorded from the viewpoint of the men who served her so well. This superb study of a great ship, her crew, and the action they saw has been called one of the finest pieces of naval writing to emerge from the war. Author Edward Stafford mined genuine nuggets from the mountain of research and lengthy interviews he conducted to write this book. He answers questions such as: What was it like to be inside the cockpit of a Dauntless dive bomber as it bored in on its target or what kind effort was required to unstick the ship's huge rudder when it was damaged by a bomb? Literate and scholarly as well as highly dramatic, the book will appeal to historians and the general public alike.
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Add this copy of The Big E: the Story of the Uss Enterprise to cart. $8.00, good condition, Sold by Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A. rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Salt Lake City, UT, UNITED STATES, published 1964 by Dell.
Add this copy of The Big E: the Story of the Uss Enterprise to cart. $9.00, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1964 by Dell Publishing.
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Add this copy of The Big E the Story of the Uss Enterprise to cart. $10.00, fair condition, Sold by Robert Harper Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Ballantine Books.
Add this copy of The Big E: the Story of the Uss Enterprise to cart. $12.38, fair condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Ballantine Books, Inc.
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Fair. Pocket paperbk, 512, wraps, maps, chronology, bibliographical notes, pages slightly darkened, covers soiled and creased, small tears at front hinge. Small chips missing to cover edges. In the four years of war between Pearl Harbor and Okinawa, the USS Enterprise took part in almost every major Pacific battle--twenty out of a possible twenty-two. Foreword by Admiral Arthur W. Radford.
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Add this copy of The Big E: the Story of the Uss Enterprise to cart. $14.85, fair condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Ballantine Books, Inc.
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Fair. Pocket paperbk, 512, wraps, maps, chronology, bibliographical notes, pages slightly darkened, covers and pp. 500-512 creased, tears at spine. Small pieces of covers missing, cover edges worn, small tears rear cover, lower corner p. 497 and p. 503 torn off (no loss of text). In the four years of war between Pearl Harbor and Okinawa, the USS Enterprise tookpart in almost every major Pacific battle--twenty out of a possible twenty-two. Foreword by Admiral Arthur W. Radford.
Add this copy of The Big E: the Story of the Uss Enterprise (Classics of to cart. $27.95, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by US Naval Institute Press.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Add this copy of The Big E. the Story of the Uss Enterprise to cart. $30.00, very good condition, Sold by PASCALE'S BOOKS rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NORTH READING, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Naval Institute Press:.
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Fine- No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 585pages, illustrated, with an Introduction by Paul Stillwell, Foreword by Admiral Arthur W. Ranford."The Big E is the heroic saga of the greatest, and best-loved fighting ship in history. Seven times during World War II the Japanese claimed to have sent this veteran carrier to the bottom-she escaped destruction so narrowly and so often that she was known in the fleet as the 'Galloping Ghost'. The Big E was largely responsible for turning the tide at Midway; she supported and defended the Marines on Guadalcanal, took part in the first attacks on the dreaded Japanese fortress of Truck, and more. She was officially credited with downing 911 enemy planes, sinking 71 ships and damaging almost 200 others." FINE-HARDCOVER.
Add this copy of The Big E: the Story of the Uss Enterprise to cart. $35.00, very good condition, Sold by Dorothy Meyer-Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Batavia, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1962 by Random House.
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Very good in good jacket. NOT an ex library book. 499 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/2" chip top rear of spine, 1" tears, some fade on spine. Price is not clipped.
This is another great book by Stafford. It tells the story of WWII through the eyes of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. This book is as riveting as his other books, Little Ship, Big War and Subchaser . All three of these books do a great job of telling what it was like to serve during WWII on a US Navy ship from small to large and how the war was seen by a person on board rather than an overall history of the war.
3rdGenerationCalifornian
Jul 5, 2009
Courageous Men of the Big E
This is a detailed account of the Big E's battles and of her courageous sailors. This is the most decorated ship in the US Navy, and it pursued the Japanese fleet right to the doorstep of Japan. The details of the Big E's battles are made personal because the author names the sailors and aviators involved in the operations. This is the best account of the Big E's history that I have ever read.
