Book #55183

The Night They Stole Manhattan - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Lewis Orde, Bill Michaels

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980.
ISBN: 0399124896

Price: $40.00

A Fine first edition/first printing in a like dust-jacket; tells the story of the night in 1943 when the Germans mounted an audacious air and ground assault on the United States of America, planning to take the country by surprise and achieve an early victory in World War II.

On July 4, 1943, the Germans launched an audacious air and ground assault on the United States of America, planning to take the country by surprise and achieve an early victory in World War II. Although the Americans were well aware of the threat, they had no idea that the Germans were planning an attack. The Night They Stole Manhattan tells the story of the heroic individuals who fought to stop the Germans, and the dramatic event that led to the eventual victory of the Allies.; 8vo; 334 pages.