The Beardless Warriors: A Novel of World War II

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Tor Publishing Group, Apr 1, 2007 - Fiction - 320 pages
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In 1944, long before he wrote such classic novels as I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, author Richard Matheson served as an eighteen-year-old replacement in the 87th Division during the latter part of the war in Europe. His tour of duty there inspired this acclaimed novel, The Beardless Warriors, about a group of equally young and inexperienced soldiers thrown into the fury of combat.

The Beardless Warriors are a squad of teenage U.S. infantrymen fighting their way across Germany during the final weeks of the war. Under fire and in over their heads, the fresh-faced young men must grow up fast if they ever hope to see home again.

Everett Hackermeyer is the latest soldier to join the squad, "Hack," a troubled youth from a hellish family background, faces a new kind of inferno on the front lines, only to discover hidden reserves he never knew he possessed. Ironically, he doesn't come to value his own life until he runs the very real chance of losing it.

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The problem with being a replacement soldier in a miitary unit is the resentment by the veterans for the loss of the man you replaced. You don't get the soft jobs. Richard Matherson survived that ... Read full review

THE BEARDLESS WARRIORS

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The legendary Matheson (author of the seminal vampire novel I Am Legend, 1954, and 1978's now beloved astral novel What Dreams May Come) brings back his 1960s war novel about very young US soldiers ... Read full review

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About the author (2007)

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) was The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Now You See It..., and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels Matheson wrote several screenplays for movies and TV, including several Twilight Zone episodes.

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TitleThe Beardless Warriors: A Novel of World War II
AuthorRichard Matheson
PublisherTor Publishing Group, 2007
ISBN1429913673, 9781429913676
Length320 pages
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Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / World War II
Fiction / War & Military
  
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