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With the Old Breed

Name: With the Old Breed
Author: E.B. Sledge

by E.B. Sledge

1981•Biography•368 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentarywarhistoricalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeA weighty biography that is grounded, unsavoury and stirring. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

In The Wall Street Journal, Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War. Now E. B.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryWarHistoricalHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

United StatesUnited States. Marine CorpsCampaignsPeleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944American Personal narrativesNonfictionWorld War, 1939-1945Soldiers

Details

Author: E.B. Sledge
Published: 1981
Pages: 368
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Source: Open Library

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