Marshall Books

Retired Brig. Gen. S. L. A. Marshall had an illustrious career. He served as an enlisted man in World War I, acted as an official historian in the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations in World War II, took up his pen again as an Army Historian in Korea, and served as an advisor and observer in Vietnam. He may be the only man to be shot at in all four of those conflicts. For more about Marshall see his memoir, "Bringing Up the Rear: A Memoir."

"Island Victory" is the first battle history that SLAM wrote. Marshall was with the 7th Infantry Division as it drove across Kwajalein Atoll. He was supposed to figure out how to produce accurate and comprehensive account of the fight. Marshall also had to figure out a means of cutting through the "fog of war" that shrouds virtually every battle. After the completion of the operation Marshall came upon a simple solution -- bring the front line soldiers together after a fight, the sooner the better, and interview them as a group. By this means he could cut through the fog of war because the collective memory of a platoon is far greater than that of a single soldier. After interviewing the men, Marshall had a clear picture of what happened and why. With the notes that came from the interviews Marshall composed "Island Victory"

Through "Island Victory" we can almost experience the fear, anger, trepidation, and all the other emotions that men in combat experience. Because he uses the men's own words, mostly paraphrasing, the reader can gain a greater understanding of what they went through and why they did what they did. Marshall shows how and why bad mistakes are made in the hopes that people can learn from other men's errors. Conversely, he describes the processes that lead to successes for the same purpose.

Until Marshall realized how powerful and effective the interviewing process was, the Army had no set policy on how to gather the extensive historical information needed to process and make sense of battles. The Army adopted Marshall's program for its historical operations in all theaters of WW II. One cannot downplay the importance of Marshall's work in the reporting of war. Because of him we now have a much greater understanding of war and its effects on the people called upon to fight.

Island Victory: The Battle Of Kwajalein Atoll by Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall (1900-1977) is a rare primary historical source, written by at-the-time Lieutenant Colonel S. L. A. Marshall at the time of the deadly Pacific fight in World War II. Marshall was a veteran of WW I who would later serve in Korea and Vietnam and become a brigadier general. When the Seventh Infantry Division battled the Japanese across Kwajalein Atoll in February 1944, Marshall was given the official task of creating a written record of the battle. In order to be as accurate as possible, he brought front-line soldiers to a group interview and taped their conversations in order to get as clear an idea as possible. Written accounts of war simply do not get any closer to the actions and feelings of those were there. Island Victory is a highly recommended, "must-read" book for those who study eye-witness WW II accounts, and a core title contribution to World War II studies academic reference collections.

These kid's did a GREAT job! For this being their first time in this program(826)I was amazed by some of the writing's these kid's produced. I can't wait until the student that gave us a tid bit(pg.#95)of the actual book he is writing to be published.
It's a hard read at times but well worth it.

I use this excellent documentary source with success in a storytelling class I've taught periodically over the past 10 years. Jack tales are a rarified regional tradition as well as a type of folk hero tale with many connections to other North American and global oral traditions. Their geneology is here traced and illustrated by phonetic transcriptions of a number of performances by different generations of Jack tale tellers from the central Appalachians, each accompanied by an introductory essay. It's a useful case study of how a particular tale type entered the country and spread among a small localized and often related group of tellers, migrated into text form and then out again, and became in one sense the archtypal tale type of the American storytelling revival, thanks to the late Ray Hicks of Beech Mountain, who leads off the bunch and headlined the first decade or so of national festivals in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Last fall after the festival I had the good fortune to visit my uncle's church in Banner Elk, at the foot of Beech Mountain, where I met a couple of Marshall Ward's former students, who remembered him telling Jack tales to assembled students every Friday after school.

Available elsewhere are audio versions of these Jack tales by at least some of the tellers included in this book: Ray Hicks, Marshall Ward, and Donald Davis.

Wow I really do love this book. It's like a mini mid career retrospective. I have many great art books
but this is one of the best. If your into Jack or important art from this time you will want this book.

I picked up this book at a used library book sale and have just been thrilled with it. The choice of rhymes includes both the old favorites and some unfamiliar ones. The illustrations are hysterical and add such a flavor to the lines. We started reading this to our 1 year old daughter when she was a newborn and now just quoting the rhymes is enough to calm her in the midst of any distress. My husband and I are constantly finding different nuances in the illustrations that make it a pleasure for us to read to our daughter again and again and again. Finally, I applaud Mr. Marshall's choice of the upbeat, nonviolent nursery rhymes which lend themselves to years of retelling without having to explain some of the darkness of other Mother Goose rhymes. Bravo!

The story of Jamestown is the story of the first permanent English colony in North America. But what this volume in the American Heritage Junior Library reminds young students is that when a fort was constructed on a malarial peninsula in the James River in 1607 not only had the English failed twice before, but that these efforts were coming decades after the Spanish and the French had begun colonizing on these shores. Indeed, after three years the colony at Jamestown seemed finished when the few surviving settles straggled about rescue ships. But the tiny Virginia colony was replanted almost immediately and within a decade had been firmly established. A century after the founding of Jamestown it was clear that England controlled the largest share of the vast new continent.

"Jamestown" tells the story of how Englishmen like Captain John Smith succeeded in securing a hold on the New World. The story is illustrated by paintings, maps, and sketches made by the colonists themselves, as well as works by later artists who had the advantage of historical and archeological research. Anticipating the argument that Frederic Jackson Turner would make in his "Frontier Thesis," Marshall W. Fishwick (consulted by Parke Rouse, Jr., Executive Director of the Jamestown Foundation) focuses on the qualities that won Virginia for the English: boldness, good business judgment, and a passion for freedom. Through the influence of the many Virginians who were Founding Fathers, those qualities became part of the American character that spread across the continent.

This book is marvelously illustrated, and the period artwork lends an authenticity that few volumes on this series can match. For example, the colony's coat of arms with the Latin motto "Virginia made up the fifth part" shows young readers that these colonies saw themselves on a par with England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. No wonder the movement for American independence had so many strong supporters in Virginia. But the most significant part of this volume is how Fishwick tells the story of what it took for the Jamestown colony to survive and then thrive. American history textbooks establish the importance of Jamestown in the English coming to dominant the continent, but this book makes it clear how difficult it was for these settlers to carve that colony out of the wilderness. This book first came out in 1965 but it is still an excellent history of how the colony of Jamestown was established and survived.

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This book definitely does exist although only 500 copies were published and many of them were subsequently destroyed in a flood. Anna Austen Lefroy was the daughter of one of Jane's brothers (Lefroy is Anna's married name). After her mother died, baby Anna was sent to live with her paternal grandparents where she grew up in the company of her Aunt Jane who encouraged her to write. Note though that Anna did not finish her "Continuation" either but her last chapters, although not edited or revised, do give an satifactory conclusion to "Sanditon." Anna even introduces several of her own characters to the book.

This book is an excellent introduction to Japan. The author, P. Sean Bramble, is an American who has lived and worked in Japan for the past fifteen years. As a result, Mr. Bramble has a unique perspective that benefits the reader and distinguishes his book from others on the subject. I found the book an entertaining, yet respectful, look at life in modern day Japan. It's a quick read and provides much useful information for a person seeking to rapidly understand the culture. Recommendated for both business and vacation travellers.