| Dick Prescott's Fourth Year at West Point Contributor(s): Hancock, H. Irving (Author), 1st World Library (Editor), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421818353 ISBN-13: 9781421818351 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: Detachment halt! commanded the engineer officer in charge. Out on the North Dock at West Point the column of cadets had marched, and now, at the word, came to an abrupt stop. This detachment, made up of members of the first and third classes in the United States Military Academy, was out on this August forenoon for instruction in actual military engineering. The task, which must be accomplished in a scant two hours, was to lay a pontoon bridge across an indentation of the Hudson River, this indentation being a few hundred feet across, and representing, in theory, an unfordable river. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.59 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Detachment halt commanded the engineer officer in charge. Out on the North Dock at West Point the column of cadets had marched, and now, at the word, came to an abrupt stop. This detachment, made up of members of the first and third classes in the United States Military Academy, was out on this August forenoon for instruction in actual military engineering. The task, which must be accomplished in a scant two hours, was to lay a pontoon bridge across an indentation of the Hudson River, this indentation being a few hundred feet across, and representing, in theory, an unfordable river. |