Robert Leckie (1920–2001)
Auteur de Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
A propos de l'auteur
Robert Leckie was born in 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 16, he began a career as a sportswriter for The Record of Hackensack. He also later worked as a reporter with the Associated Press, the Buffalo Courier Express, the New York Journal American, the New York Daily News and The afficher plus Star-Ledger. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Leckie joined the Marines. He became a machine gunner and scout in the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific and participated in all of the Marine campaigns except Okinawa. He was awarded the Naval Commendation Medal with Combat V, the Purple Heart and five battle stars. Leckie was on active duty for three years and participated in six campaigns. It is because of his experience in the war that he chose to write about American military history. Most of his books trace American war history from the French and Indian War to Desert Storm. Leckie's first book was published in 1957, and was a personal narrative of his experiences in World War II. It was entitled "Helmet for My Pillow." His books covered the Civil War in "None Died in Vain: The Saga of the American Civil War," another World War II book called "Delivered from Evil: The Saga of World War II" and his one volume history entitled "The Wars of America." Leckie adapted many of his books for a younger audience and also wrote some fiction books. In 1969, the Leckies founded The Sportstman's Club at Lake Hopatcong, a physical fitness facility in New Jersey. The family owned the club until about eighteen months before Leckie's death. Robert Leckie died on December 24, 2001. He was 81 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Robert Leckie
Delivered from Evil: The Saga of World War II: The First Complete One-Volume History (1987) 208 exemplaires
From Sea to Shining Sea: From the War of 1812 to the Mexican War; The Saga of America's Expansion (1993) 117 exemplaires
The Wars of America Volume I: Quebec to Appomattox By Robert Leckie Forward By Richard B. Morris (1967) 62 exemplaires
Lord, What a Family! 2 exemplaires
Een huishouden van Jan Steen 1 exemplaire
Slashing Blades 1 exemplaire
La guerre de Corée. Cinq ans après la fin de la guerre, les deux mondes s'affrontent sur le 38e… 1 exemplaire
Robert Leckie. Les Marines dans la guerre du Pacifique : 1942-1945 eStrong men armede. Traduit de… 1 exemplaire
Peggy Ahwesh: Vision Machines 1 exemplaire
Forti più della morte (Strong Men Armed) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contributeur — 429 exemplaires
J'étais un kamikazé (Les chevaliers du vent divin) (1973) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 47 exemplaires
Corregidor, la forteresse perdue et reconquise (5 mai 1942 et 16 février 1945) (1967) — Avant-propos — 47 exemplaires
Semper Fi: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle (2003) — Contributeur — 31 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2010 (2010) — Author "The Battle of Tenaru River" — 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Leckie, Robert Hugh
- Autres noms
- Barlow, Roger
Porter, Mark
Leckie, Lucky - Date de naissance
- 1920-12-18
- Date de décès
- 2001-12-24
- Lieu de sépulture
- Saint Joseph Cemetery, Newton, New Jersey, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
New York, New York, USA - Études
- New York University
Fordham University - Professions
- journalist
screenwriter - Organisations
- US Marine Corps
Associated Press - Prix et distinctions
- Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Award
Purple Heart
US Navy Presidential Unit Citation with 4 stars
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 5 service stars
World War II Victory Medal
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat V
Membres
Critiques
Las memorias de Robert Leckie constituyen uno de los más apasionantes relatos de un testigo directo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En enero de 1942, poco después del ataque japonés a Pearl Harbor, se alistó en el cuerpo de marines de los Estados Unidos. En Mi casco por almohada narra su odisea, desde el durísimo entrenamiento en Carolina del Sur hasta las feroces batallas de la campaña del Pacífico.
Another great Pacific war memoir. Compares to "With the Old Breed" which I also read.
Solid enlisted Marine's memoir of his war. Leckie became a career journalist, and this reads like it was reported from a local park.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 52
- Aussi par
- 7
- Membres
- 3,718
- Popularité
- #6,812
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 64
- ISBN
- 115
- Langues
- 2
“I think of Judgment Day. I think of Götterdämmerung; I think of the stars exploding, of the planets going off like fireworks; I think of a volcano; I think of a roaring and an energy unbelievable; I think, of holocaust; and again I think of night reeling from a thousand scarlet slashes and I see the red eye of hell winking in her wounds—I think of all these, and I cannot tell you what I have seen, the terrible spectacle I witnessed from that hillside.”
Leckie's emotional descriptions and writing style, rather than the storyline, are the primary reasons for my 5 star review. This is not your everyday ghost-written war memoir, describing a litany of deeds written in essay style. Leckie lyrically emphasizes his objection to war, maybe not realized while experienced, but certainly at the time of writing.