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1. The Mosquito Bowl: a game of life and death in World War II

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Author:
Bissinger, Buzz, 1954-
Average Rating:
4 stars
Formats:
Book, Large Print
Description:
"When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war - the invasion...

2. Riverman: an American odyssey

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Author:
McGrath, Ben
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
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Book, Large Print
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"The riveting story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years, solo canoed thousands of miles of American rivers--and then in 2016 disappeared off the coast of North Carolina"--