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AUTHOR: Pappy Boyington (1912-1988) Col. Gregory Boyington, USMC
TITLE: Baa Baa Black Sheep
PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam s Sons, New York
DATE: 1958
DESCRIPTION:
First edition, 6th impression, SIGNED. Hardcover with dust jacket, dimensions 8 3/4 X 6 , 384 pages. Red cloth covered boards with title stamped in silver on the spine. Pictorial endpapers and dust jacket.
Colonel Gregory Boyington, U.S.M.C. has written one of the great books of World War II. It might be described as the story of a wild, hard drinking, professional Marine flyer who was one of the most unconventional heroes of the war . . . Winner of a Congressional Medal of honor and a Navy Cross for his achievements while leading the Black Sheep squadron in the South Pacific, he had twenty months as a prisoner of the Japanese in which to gain emotional maturity and sobriety. As a returning war hero he was pushed around more than he wanted to be, and his fall from grace made every newspaper in the country. It was not easy for him to find his way back to respectability, but he made it eventually. Baa Baa Black Sheep is a wonderful story of self-discovery, and Colonel Boyington pulls no punches in the telling.
CONDITION:
Signed by author on front flyleaf, To the Markin s: Wishing all the best. Sincerely, Pappy Boyington Nov 14, 1958 . Book is in near fine condition. Dust jacket is in fair plus condition; has 1/4 to 1/2 chip at spine top and moderate wear to ext ...
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