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Bezig met laden... I'm staying with my boys : the heroic life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC (2004)door Jim Proser
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I absolutely could not get into this book. It's creatively written from the imagined first-person, but however painstakingly and attentively done, I could not surmount the cognitive frame that I was reading historical fiction--the author's well-intentioned, historically researched but, in the end, made up story. I could not imagine Basilone having sat himself or even with an experienced ghost-writer (had he survived) and produced a narrative like this. It was a courageous and creative idea, but executed in a way that drew me away and distracted me from what may have been its redemptive feature--the story. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The true story behind the character depicted in HBO's critically acclaimed, award-winning miniseries,The Pacific I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing his unit to capture an airfield. Minutes later he was killed by an enemy artillery round. He was the only Marine in World War II to have received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart and is arguably the most famous Marine of all time. I'm Staying with My Boys is the only family-authorized biography of Basilone, and it features photographs never before published. Distinctive among military biographies, the story is told in first person, allowing readers to experience his transformation, forged in the horrors of battle, from aimless youth to war hero known as "Manila John". Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I guess the biggest detraction was that is written in the first person, as though Basilone himself was telling, or had told his own story to others, even up to and including the assault on Iwo Jima. The authors spent a large amount of time delving into what Basilone was thinking about so many different aspects of his life and I wasn't sure if they were making it up or expanding greatly beyond what he may have spoken of himself to others.
The story jumps directly into the landing at Iwo Jima and then jumps back to his childhood. It goes back and forth several times, such that I was not sure if the story was a flash back or flash forward. After alternating a few times, it settled into a chronological stream of consciousness-type telling of his life, with much delving into his feelings.
I was just not impressed with the book. I began to skips parts paragraphs, especially when the authors were stringing us along too much talking about what he was thinking and feeling about things. I was often wondering "how did they know?" I almost put it down a time or two but managed to slog through to the end.
No maps and a few photos. Some were too small to easily distinguish what they were a picture of.
6/10 Okay for the bookshelf, won't encourage others to read. ( )