Wainer by Michael Shaara, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy Contributor(s): Shaara, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1463899122 ISBN-13: 9781463899127 Publisher: Aegypan
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2011 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.46 lbs) 22 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Shaara, Michael: - "Michael Shaara (1928 - 1988) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction and historical fiction. He was born to Italian immigrant parents (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which in Italian is pronounced in a similar way) in Jersey City, New Jersey, graduated in 1951 from Rutgers University, where he joined Theta Chi, and served as a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division prior to the Korean War. Before Shaara began selling science fiction stories to fiction magazines during the 1950s, he was an amateur boxer and police officer. He later taught literature at Florida State University while continuing to write fiction. The stress of this and his cigarette smoking caused him, at the early age of 36, to have a heart attack, from which he recovered completely. His novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. Shaara died of a heart attack in 1988 aged fifty-nine." |
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