| Ike: An American Hero Contributor(s): Korda, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060756667 ISBN-13: 9780060756666 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: In the first major single-volume biography of a unique American hero, "New York Times" bestselling author Korda presents a frank, ambitious, and enthralling book that explores the life and times of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Biography & Autobiography | Military - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 800 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Ike is acclaimed author Michael Korda's sweeping and enthralling biography of Dwight David Eisenhower, arguably America's greatest general and one of her best presidents--a remarkable man in an extraordinary time, the hero who won the war and thereafter kept the peace. |
Contributor Bio(s): Korda, Michael: - Michael Korda is the author of Ulysses S. Grant, Ike, Hero, and Charmed Lives. Educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland and at Magdalen College, Oxford, he served in the Royal Air Force. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and on its fiftieth anniversary was awarded the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Hungary. He and his wife, Margaret, make their home in Dutchess County, New York. |