Background
Mercer, Charles was born on July 12, 1917 in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. Son of Alfred and Alma (Hoover) Mercer.
(Examines the causes and effects of earthquakes, discusses...)
Examines the causes and effects of earthquakes, discusses earthquake predicting, and recounts some of earth's most disastrous quakes.
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(From back cover: This is the story of men without a count...)
From back cover: This is the story of men without a country, citizens only of the battlefield. It is history written in the blood and glory and shame of a century and a half of wars around the world - in the hills of Mexico, the Western front, the African desert, Norwegian snows, and the swamps and jungles of Asia. Here is that history in all its bizarre color - the clash of combat, the criminals, aristocrats, fugitives and mercenaries who fought for the Legion - the men who knew no law but "March or die!"
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(TO LIVE AS A MAN OR AS A SOLDIER- Major Drew Drummond, U....)
TO LIVE AS A MAN OR AS A SOLDIER- Major Drew Drummond, U.S. Infantry, combat hero with a chestful of medals, was a product of the Army and generation after generation of West Point forefathers. On leave in Italy, Drew met Marcia, unloved wife of the decadent Count Falcari. In the sensuous sunlit warmth of Tuscany, her beauty, her loneliness and her urgent desire clouded his clear vision of duty with the rosy fog of passion and peace... Like war-weary soldiers throughout history, he sank into a sea of pleasure and forgetfulness... But the Drummond tradition was strong in his blood, and he found that no man can deny his past...
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Mercer, Charles was born on July 12, 1917 in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. Son of Alfred and Alma (Hoover) Mercer.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1939.
Reporter, Washington Post, 1939-1942; reporter, feature writer, columnist, A.P., New York City, 1946-1959; senior editor, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York City, 1966-1979; vice president, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975-1979.
(Recreates the naval battle between Japanese and American ...)
(Examines the causes and effects of earthquakes, discusses...)
("A dramatic saga that spans the centuries from the days o...)
(An intense and intimate love story which was the source f...)
(From back cover: This is the story of men without a count...)
(6"x8 1/2" 266 page hardcover African adventure novel publ...)
(TO LIVE AS A MAN OR AS A SOLDIER- Major Drew Drummond, U....)
(A compelling novel set during The American Revoulution)
(A compelling novel set during The American Revoulution)
(Novel by the author of Rachel Cade.)
Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, World World War II, Korean War. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Overseas Press (New York City).
Married Alma Sutton, February 21, 1940.