Guadalcanal Diary, Richard Tregaskis
Guadalcanal Diary, Richard Tregaskis
8 Rating(s)
List: $24.99 | Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.49

Guadalcanal Diary
2nd Edition

Author: Richard Tregaskis

Narrator: Pete Cross

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/08/2016

Synopsis

This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles; crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. One of only two on-location news correspondents, he lived alongside the soldiers: sleeping on the ground--only to be awoken by air raids--eating meager rations, and braving some of the most dangerous battlefields of World War II. He more than once narrowly escaped the enemy's fire, and so we have this incisive and exciting inside account of the groundbreaking initial landing of U.S. troops on Guadalcanal. This 2nd edition features a new Introduction by Mark Bowden, renowned journalist and author of Black Hawk Down.

About Richard Tregaskis

Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973) was an American journalist and author. Tregaskis served as a war correspondent during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He received the Overseas Press Club's George Polk Award in 1964 for first-person reporting under hazardous circumstances.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joe on July 16, 2015

I first read this book in 1967 as an seventh grader who was forced to pick out a book from the bookmobile by my mother. All I wanted to do was play that summer and I chose a "war book" out of spite. Little did I know the door that I had inadvertantly opened for myself to a brand new world. But enoug......more

Goodreads review by PowerAvocado on April 06, 2025

Memories of a reporter who was there. I wasn't spellbound.......more

Goodreads review by David on June 06, 2024

At one point in Mike Nichols' film 'Carnal Knowledge', Jack Nicholson gets pissed off (as only Nicholson can) listening to Art Garfunkel go on and on about what a big reader his girlfriend Candice Bergen is (her favorite book is 'The Fountainhead' - talk about instant character-insight!). Not to be......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on August 11, 2011

I found this book in my late Grandfather in-law's library -- a first edition hardcover from the forties. It sounds trite, but the effects of war, the mark it leaves on the those who fight it, is always more interesting to me than the mechanics of combat or tactics. This book gives a good historical......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on July 02, 2017

This wasn't a great book but it was an interesting read. I expected more than what I got out of it. Richard Tregaskis is a journalist who tags along with the U.S. Marines when they invade Guadalcanal during WWII. Each day he records what he sees and hears for the people back home in the U.S. Where T......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List