Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

The mosquito bowl (Record no. 96990)

016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER
Record control number 020757718
Source Uk
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780062879929
Qualifying information (hardcover)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0062879928
Qualifying information (hardcover)
029 1# - (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier UKMGB
System control number 020757718
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)1267753036
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code pobp---
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049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library AJMA
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number D767.98
Item number .B536 2022
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 796.332 Bis
Item number 13
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 796.332 Bis
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bissinger, Buzz
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The mosquito bowl
Remainder of title a game of life and death in World War II
Statement of responsibility, etc Buzz Bissinger.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York, NY
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishing
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2022
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other physical details illustrations, map ;
Dimensions 24 cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-455).
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Prologue -- McLaughry -- Everybody's watching -- Schreiner -- Butkovich -- Land of the free -- The army way -- The letter -- Murphy -- Odette -- Football is war -- Separate and unequal -- Remember the McKean -- Sunday sheet -- Bauman -- Forget me not -- Committed to the deep -- The patrol -- Pen pal -- Not a damn thing -- Temptation -- Millimeter -- March of the crabs -- The Mosquito Bowl -- Bound for hell -- Buckner -- April fool -- Abandon ship -- The tortoise -- The little girl -- Return to sender -- A thousand ants -- At all costs -- Crazy for revenge -- Carry on -- Last stand -- Regret to inform -- Why? -- Three stars -- Counting the days -- Cessation of hostilities -- Silence -- Epilogue.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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 of Okinawa--their ranks included one of the greatest pools of football talent ever assembled: Former All Americans, captains from Wisconsin and Brown and Notre Dame, and nearly twenty men who were either drafted or would ultimately play in the NFL. When the trash-talking between the 4th and 29th over who had the better football team reached a fever pitch, it was decided: The two regiments would play each other in a football game as close to the real thing as you could get in the dirt and coral of Guadalcanal. The bruising and bloody game that followed became known as "The Mosquito Bowl." Within a matter of months, 15 of the 65 players in "The Mosquito Bowl" would be killed at Okinawa, by far the largest number of American athletes ever to die in a single battle. The Mosquito Bowl is the story of these brave and beautiful young men, those who survived and those who did not. It is the story of the families and the landscape that shaped them. It is a story of a far more innocent time in both college athletics and the life of the country, and of the loss of that innocence. Writing with the style and rigor that won him a Pulitzer Prize and have made several of his books modern classics, Buzz Bissinger takes us from the playing fields of America's campuses where boys played at being Marines, to the final time they were allowed to still be boys on that field of dirt and coral, to the darkest and deadliest days that followed at Okinawa --
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note 110916
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Marine Corps
Form subdivision Biography.
648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM
Chronological term 1944
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1939-1945
General subdivision Campaigns
Geographic subdivision Solomon Islands
-- Guadalcanal.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1939-1945
General subdivision Campaigns
Geographic subdivision Japan
-- Okinawa Island.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Football
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Football players
Geographic subdivision United States
Form subdivision Biography.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Football.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biography & Autobiography / Sports.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Military campaigns.
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Japan
Geographic subdivision Okinawa Island.
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Solomon Islands
Geographic subdivision Guadalcanal.
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type 700 - 799
Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Permanent Location Current Location Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Barcode Date last seen
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