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    When the Whistle Blows

    Fran Cannon Slayton

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90 Day Wonder Darkness Remembered

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Publisher Comments:

You have more balls than brains, the ship's Executive Officer told Leon Cooper, the young Naval officer (AKA "90 Day Wonder"), summing up the repeated confrontations Cooper had been having with the ship's Commanding Officer, as told in this WWII story about the abuse of power, murder, revenge, love, and redemption.

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Cooper was a young US Navy officer who spent three years in the Pacific during World War II. Like others in the RGreatest Generation, S he was prepared to do his duty, but his standup nature brought him into conflict with the commanding officer of the ship on which he served.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780979058417
Publisher:
90 Day Wonder Pub
Subject:
Military
Author:
Cooper, Leon
Author:
Tait, Don
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
General
Subject:
General History
Publication Date:
October 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
9.00x7.31x.84 in. 2.27 lbs.
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