Robert Leckie (1920–2001)

Autor de Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

52+ Obras 3,718 Miembros 64 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

Robert Leckie was born in 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 16, he began a career as a sportswriter for The Record of Hackensack. He also later worked as a reporter with the Associated Press, the Buffalo Courier Express, the New York Journal American, the New York Daily News and The mostrar más Star-Ledger. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Leckie joined the Marines. He became a machine gunner and scout in the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific and participated in all of the Marine campaigns except Okinawa. He was awarded the Naval Commendation Medal with Combat V, the Purple Heart and five battle stars. Leckie was on active duty for three years and participated in six campaigns. It is because of his experience in the war that he chose to write about American military history. Most of his books trace American war history from the French and Indian War to Desert Storm. Leckie's first book was published in 1957, and was a personal narrative of his experiences in World War II. It was entitled "Helmet for My Pillow." His books covered the Civil War in "None Died in Vain: The Saga of the American Civil War," another World War II book called "Delivered from Evil: The Saga of World War II" and his one volume history entitled "The Wars of America." Leckie adapted many of his books for a younger audience and also wrote some fiction books. In 1969, the Leckies founded The Sportstman's Club at Lake Hopatcong, a physical fitness facility in New Jersey. The family owned the club until about eighteen months before Leckie's death. Robert Leckie died on December 24, 2001. He was 81 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Incluye los nombres: Robert Leckie, Illustrated Robert Leckie

También incluye: Roger Barlow (2), Mark Porter (1)

Créditos de la imagen: Findagrave

Series

Americans at War

Obras de Robert Leckie

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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (1957) 1,097 copias

Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II (1995) 327 copias

George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution (1992) 255 copias

Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan (1962) 214 copias

Delivered from Evil: The Saga of World War II: The First Complete One-Volume History (1987) 208 copias

The Battle for Iwo Jima (1967) 167 copias

The Wars of America (1968) 166 copias

Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War (1965) 162 copias

A Few Acres of Snow (1999) 159 copias

The War in Korea (1963) 133 copias

None Died in Vain: The Saga of the American Civil War (1990) 132 copias

From Sea to Shining Sea: From the War of 1812 to the Mexican War; The Saga of America's Expansion (1993) 117 copias

Conflict: The History of the Korean War, 1950-1953 (1962) 72 copias

The Story of World War II (1964) 72 copias

The Wars of America Volume I: Quebec to Appomattox By Robert Leckie Forward By Richard B. Morris (1967) 62 copias

The Wars of America Volume II: San Juan Hill to Tonkin (1967) 53 copias

Great American battles. Illustrated with maps, prints, and photos (1968) 42 copias

The Story of World War I (1965) — Editor — 42 copias

The March to Glory (1960) 32 copias

The Story of Football (1973) 31 copias

These are my heroes: A study of the saints (1964) 16 copias

Black Treasure (1959) 14 copias

Secret Mission to Alaska (1959) 13 copias

Marines! (1960) 13 copias

The Bloodborn (1981) 13 copias

Fire at Red Lake (1959) 10 copias

The World Turned Upside Down the Story of the American Revolution (1972) 9 copias

Danger at Mormon Crossing (1959) 9 copias

American and Catholic (1970) 9 copias

With fire and sword; great war adventures (1963) 8 copias

The General (1991) 8 copias

Troubled Waters (1959) 7 copias

Forged in Blood (1982) 6 copias

Stormy Voyage (1959) 6 copias

Warfare (1970) 6 copias

The War Nobody Won, 1812 (1974) 5 copias

The Korean War (1962) 3 copias

Lord, What a Family! 2 copias

Keeper Play, a Win Hadley Sport Story (1960) 2 copias

Ordained (1969) 2 copias

With the Old Breed / Helmet for My Pillow (2009) 2 copias

Duel on the Cinders (1960) 2 copias

Een huishouden van Jan Steen 1 copia

The Royal Canadian Air Force Recipe Manual - 1945 (C.A.P. 434) 1 copia

Slashing Blades 1 copia

La guerre de Corée. Cinq ans après la fin de la guerre, les deux mondes s'affrontent sur le 38e… 1 copia

Robert Leckie. Les Marines dans la guerre du Pacifique : 1942-1945 eStrong men armede. Traduit de… 1 copia

Peggy Ahwesh: Vision Machines 1 copia

Forti più della morte (Strong Men Armed) 1 copia

Blood of Seventeen (1983) 1 copia

From Sea to Shinning Sea: God's Plan For America Unfolds 1 copia

Winning Pitcher (1960) 1 copia

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I Was a Kamikaze (1973) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 47 copias

Corregidor (1967) — Prólogo — 47 copias

Semper Fi: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle (2003) — Contribuidor — 31 copias

Verhalen omnibus (1967) — Contribuidor — 7 copias

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2010 (2010) — Author "The Battle of Tenaru River" — 3 copias

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Nombre legal: Leckie, Robert Hugh
Otros nombres: Barlow, Roger
Porter, Mark
Leckie, Lucky
Fecha de nacimiento: 1920-12-18
Fecha de fallecimiento: 2001-12-24
Lugar de sepultura: Saint Joseph Cemetery, Newton, New Jersey, USA
Género: male
Nacionalidad: USA
Lugar de nacimiento: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lugares de residencia: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
New York, New York, USA
Educación: New York University
Fordham University
Ocupaciones: journalist
screenwriter
Organizaciones: US Marine Corps
Associated Press
Premios y honores: Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Award
Purple Heart
US Navy Presidential Unit Citation with 4 stars
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 5 service stars
World War II Victory Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V

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Mi casco por almohada por Robert Leckie

Las memorias de Robert Leckie constituyen uno de los más apasionantes relatos de un testigo directo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En enero de 1942, poco después del ataque japonés a Pearl Harbor, se alistó en el cuerpo de marines de los Estados Unidos. En Mi casco por almohada narra su odisea, desde el durísimo entrenamiento en Carolina del Sur hasta las feroces batallas de la campaña del Pacífico.

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