- Tank warfare, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american, New York Times bestseller, Tank crews
"Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and resolved.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Adam Makos
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780804176729
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Adam Makos (born 1981) is an American writer, editor, historian and publisher. Makos specializes in war novels and biographies appearing on the New York Times Best Seller list twice for his works *Spearhead* and *A Higher Call*. While in high school Makos was one of the founding members of Valor a magazine depicting veterans stories ranging from World War I to Iraq War. Makos has published two NY Times Best Sellers; *Spearhead* and *A Higher Call* as well as *Voices of the Pacific* which follows marines and seamen who served in the Pacific during World War II.[6] In 2018 it was announced Makos' third novel *Devotion* would be turned into a film. The release date has yet to be announced. **So
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