{"product_id":"cornelius-ryan-the-longest-day-d-day-june-6-1944-a-bridge-too-far-loa-318-9781598536119","title":"Cornelius Ryan: The Longest Day (D-Day June 6, 1944), a Bridge Too Far (Loa #318)","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor the 75th anniversary of D-Day, a deluxe collector's edition gathering two gripping masterpieces of military history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLibrary of America presents two of the best books ever written about World War II in a deluxe collector's edition featuring 88 pages of photographs, full-color endpaper maps, rare archival material revealing how the books were written, and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy). \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Day\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Allies' greatest success, the Normandy invasions of June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord; \u003ci\u003eA Bridge Too Far\u003c\/i\u003e recounts perhaps their greatest failure, the catastrophic airborne invasion of Holland in September 1944, known as Operation Market Garden. Together, they reveal not only the twisting fortunes of war and the grand sweep and scale of the largest amphibious and airborne invasions ever mounted, but also the very real human experience of combat, the small but momentous individual acts that can change the course of history. No one has told these stories more powerfully than Cornelius Ryan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Dublin, \u003cb\u003eCornelius Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (1920-1974) covered the war in northwest Europe as a correspondent for the London \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, 1944-45, before moving to the United States in 1947, working as a writer for \u003ci\u003eCollier's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. After the demise of \u003ci\u003eCollier's\u003c\/i\u003e Ryan began writing a book about D-Day. \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Day\u003c\/i\u003e (1959) was followed by \u003ci\u003eThe Last Battle\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), about the fall of Berlin, and \u003ci\u003eA Bridge Too Far\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), published shortly before his death from cancer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditor \u003cb\u003eRick Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1952) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Long Gray Line\u003c\/i\u003e (1989); \u003ci\u003eIn the Company of Soldiers \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), based on his embedded reporting from Iraq in 2003; and the acclaimed Liberation Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eAn Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 \u003c\/i\u003e(2002); \u003ci\u003eThe Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); and \u003ci\u003eThe Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2013)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899838828818,"sku":"9781598536119","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c9188e19-3075-43eb-8838-28a2389d17bd.jpg?v=1738366993","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cornelius-ryan-the-longest-day-d-day-june-6-1944-a-bridge-too-far-loa-318-9781598536119","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}