Helmet for My Pillow
by Robert Leckie
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarywarslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, weighty biography, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
About This Book
Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place.
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- Author
- Robert Leckie
- Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 336
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- Open Library
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