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Franklin Library leather edition of Herman Wouk's "War and Remembrance," Illustrated by Harlan M. Krakovitz, one of the The FIRST EDITION SOCIETY series, with a 'facsimile signature,' published in 1978. Bound in deep hunter green leather, the book has matching moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. Herman Wouk, who lived from 1915----May, 2019, is an American author who wrote " War and Remembrance" that includes historical occurrences at Midway, Yalta, Guadalcanal, and El Alamein as well as the Allied invasions at Normandy and the Philippines. The action moves back and forth between the characters against the backdrop of World War II: VICTOR (Pug) HENRY takes part in various battles while separating from his wife. Pug's older son WARREN, a naval aviator, and younger son, BYRON, a submarine officer, also participate in combat. Warren is killed at the battle of MIDWAY . Byron's wife NATALIE is trapped in Axis territory with her uncle, celebrated author AARON JASTROW, and another major strand focuses on their story as Jews caught in Europe. Like most Americans, Natalie and Aaron fail to believe that the civilized German culture with which they are familiar could possibly engage in genocide. As a result of their rash decision to stay when they could escape, they gradually get absorbed into the Jewish population that is first interned, then sent to concentration camps. As Byron attempts to find out what is happening to them, eventually tracking them down amidst the chaos of wartime Europe, the story of the Holocaust is gradually revealed to the American government and people. World War II-- up close and personal. 1121 pages. I offer Combined shipping.