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The frozen hours : a novel of the Korean War / Jeff Shaara.

Shaara, Jeff, 1952- (author.).

Summary:

"June, 1950: the North Korean army, a formidable force backed by Soviet arms and training, invades South Korea, with the intent of uniting the country under Communist rule. In response, the United States mobilizes a force to defend the overmatched South Korean troops. But the US is no better equipped than their allies. The American and United nations troops are fighting for their lives against the most brutal weather conditions imaginable, and an enemy that outnumbers them more than six to one. This struggle, and how the Americans respond, form the core of this novel. The Frozen Hours tells the story of "Frozen Chosin" from multiple points of view: Oliver P. Smith, the commanding general of the American 1st Marine Division, who famously redefined defeat as "advancing in a different direction"; Marine Private Pete Riley, a World War II veteran who now faces the greatest fight of his life; and the Chinese commander Sung Shi-Lun, charged with destroying the Americans he has so completely surrounded, ever aware that above him, Chairman Mao Tse-Tung watches his every move"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345549228
  • ISBN: 0345549228
  • ISBN: 9780345549242
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 525 pages : maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
Subject: Armies > Fiction.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Fiction.
Military history > Fiction.
Nineteen fifties > Fiction.
Soldiers > Korea > Fiction.
Korea (South) > History > 1948-1960 > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
War fiction.

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  • 61 of 65 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)

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Statesville Main Library F SHAARA (Text) 33114017974718 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library F Shaara (Text) 34269001180893 Adult Fiction Available -
Alleghany Public Library F SHAARA (Text) 30664100273694 Adult New Fiction Available -
Anderson Creek Public Library F Sha (Text) 33630004980582 Adult Fiction Available -
Beaufort Main F SHAAR (Text) 34208203174734 Adult Fiction Available -
Boonville Community Public Library F SHAARA (Text) 40599000992803 Adult Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library FIC Shaara (Text) 540191011096406 Adult Fiction Available -
Broadway Branch F/SHAARA (Text) 33262003249418 Adult Fiction Available -
Bunn Branch F/Shaara (Text) 72350000071501 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F SHAARA (Text) 22281500133434 Adult Fiction Available -