Anton Myrer. · Rating details · 5, ratings · reviews. Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines /5. First published in at the height of the conflict in Vietnam, Once An Eagle captured the imagination and heart of a war-torn nation, reaching number one on the New York Times bestseller list twice and selling more than three million copies. Published in nineteen languages, Anton Myrer's novel was made into an acclaimed television miniseries/5(). · Janu. edit data. Anton Myrer, who died of leukemia in , was a best-selling author whose themes were America's loss of innocence and the use and abuse of power. He is particularly remembered for The Last Convertible (), a summation of the American experience during and after World War II, and for Once an Eagle (), which traces the life of a regular Army officer /5.
ONCE AN EAGLE by ANTON MYRER (Holt, Rinehart Winston) $ WW eighing in at densely printed pages, Tolstoy comes to mind because Once an Eagle also is about war and peace, although in theme, style (or nonstyle) and prolixity . DOWNLOAD NOW» Author. Publisher: ISBN: Category: Page: View: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. Anton Olmstead Myrer (November 3, - Janu) was a United States Marine Corps veteran and a best-selling author of American war novels that accurately and sensitively depict the lives of United States Army officers while in combat and in peace time. His novel, Once An Eagle, written at the peak of the Vietnam War, is required reading for all Marines and is frequently used. Once an Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self-interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances his career by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power.
First published in at the height of the conflict in Vietnam, Once An Eagle captured the imagination and heart of a war-torn nation, reaching number one on the New York Times bestseller list twice and selling more than three million copies. Published in nineteen languages, Anton Myrer's novel was made into an acclaimed television miniseries. Janu. edit data. Anton Myrer, who died of leukemia in , was a best-selling author whose themes were America's loss of innocence and the use and abuse of power. He is particularly remembered for The Last Convertible (), a summation of the American experience during and after World War II, and for Once an Eagle (), which traces the life of a regular Army officer and his family from before World War I to Vietnam. Anton Myrer. · Rating details · 5, ratings · reviews. Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power.
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