{"product_id":"assignment-to-hell-paperback-by-timothy-m-gay","title":"Assignment to Hell Paperback by Timothy M. Gay","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDutton Caliber\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-05-07)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e528\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780451417152\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e517.1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.83 x 15.32 x 2.79\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A book every modern journalist—and citizen—should read.”—Tom Brokaw, Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Generation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn February 1943, a group of journalists—including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney—clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. Seven of the sixty-four bombers that attacked a U-boat base that day never made it back to England. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, asked Cronkite if he’d thought through a lede. “I think I’m going to say,” mused Cronkite, “that I’ve just returned from an assignment to hell.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssignment to Hell \u003c\/i\u003etells the powerful and poignant story of the war against Hitler through the eyes of five intrepid reporters. Cronkite crashed into Holland on a glider with U.S. paratroopers. Rooney dodged mortar shells as he raced across the Rhine at Remagen. Behind enemy lines in Sicily, Bigart jumped into an amphibious commando raid that nearly ended in disaster. \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e’s A. J. Liebling ducked sniper fire as Allied troops liberated his beloved Paris. The Associated Press’s Hal Boyle barely escaped SS storm troopers as he uncovered the massacre of U.S. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book serves as a stirring tribute to five of World War II’s greatest correspondents and to the brave men and women who fought on the front lines against fascism—their generation’s “assignment to hell.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy M. Gay\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of\u003ci\u003e Satch, Dizzy, \u0026amp; Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball before Jackie Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays and op-eds on American history, politics, public policy, and sports have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the Boston Globe, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. A graduate of Georgetown University, where he majored in American history, Tim lives in Virginia with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553749520545,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780451417152","price":17.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780451417152.jpg?v=1781740561","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/assignment-to-hell-paperback-by-timothy-m-gay","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}