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The long gray line is a 1955 american technicolor biographical comedy drama film in cinemascope directed by john ford and based on the life of marty maher. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Buy the long gray line 1st edition by atkinson, rick isbn. The west point class of 1966 straddled a fault line in american history, and rick atkinson s masterly book speaks for a generation of american men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams. A story of epic proportions and an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction.
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