Bloody Ridge and Beyond: A World War II Marine's Memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific

by Marlin Groft and Larry Alexander

Book Overview

By a veteran of Lt. Col. Merritt A. Edson's battalion, and author of the Dick Winters biography Biggest Brother and coauthor of A Higher Call On the killing ground that was the island of Guadalcanal, a 2,000-yard-long ridge rose from the jungle canopy. Behind it lay the all-important air base of Henderson Field. And if Henderson Field fell, it would mean the almost certain death or capture of all 12,500 marines on the island . . . But the marines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425273008
• ISBN13: 9780425273005
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher