Helmet For My Pillow Review Summary

Helmet for my pillow is a grand and epic prose poem.

Helmet for my pillow review summary.

This account is intimate and detailed. Helmet for my pillow is the type of book you simply can t put down. But at other times you will be riveted and saddened by the loss of great heroes like lt racehorse and many. Helmet for my pillow streaming audiobook.

The hbo mini series the pacific 2010 was adapted in large part from helmet for my pillow along. The main characters of this war military story are. Helmet for my pillow is the personal narrative written by world war ii united states marine corps veteran author and military historian robert leckie first published in 1957 the story begins with leckie s enlisting in the united states marines shortly after the 1941 attack on pearl harbor. Book report on robert leckie s helmet for my pillow mrs.

Now the inspiration behind the hbo series the pacific here is one of the most riveting first person accounts to ever come out of the second world war. The book has been awarded with and many others. And you will be reading it and people in the other room will ask you what s so funny because you often laugh out loud at the wonderfully entertaining style leckie uses. Robert leckie s theme is the purely human experience of war in the pacific written in the graceful imagery of a human being who somehow survived tom hanks one hell of a book.

September 10 2017 september 10 2017 quintus curtius history literature bernal diaz helmet for my pillow robert leckie usama ibn munqidh i very much enjoy reading war memoirs. Only the names of officers and friends are omitted replacing with nicknames like lieutenant ivy league. Helmet for my pillow from parris island to the pacific. In helmet for my pillow we follow his journey from boot camp on parris island south carolina all the way to the raging battles in the pacific w.

Holdren periods 3 4 lal. I think it s because i recognize that the authors have tapped into special knowledge that the rest of us cannot access. Here is one of the most riveting first person accounts ever to come out of world war ii. The book was published in multiple languages including consists of 336 pages and is available in paperback format.

Robert leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the us marine corps in january 1942. This world war ii classic is the story of the author robert leckie. Book reviews main menu. Robert leckie enlisted in the united states marine corps in january 1942 shortly after the japanese attack on pearl harbor.