In Praise of heros
Karanikas, Alexander
Clarke Press (1945)
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#1853
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Poet
Hardcover 
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Edition signed
Nationality American
Pub Place Manchester NH
Dust Jacket dj
First Edition Yes
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Conflict WW2
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VG in VG DJ,1st ed, covers pristine,no wear,stamp/mark on title page(author's hometown church, with tidy slash mark) ,author's signature on endpaper,not inscribed,no other marks,clean,bright square tight in very good dustjacket(price clippped) small scuff on spine , no other wear,clean,bright,in new mylar cover,reliable



Alexander Karanikas, Harvard class of 1939, served as a Staff Sergeant in the Army Air Forces, where he was stationed at Ladd Field, Alaska from 1943-1945. A Greek-American author, Karanikas has written several books and poems including Tillers of a Myth: The Southern Agrarians as Social and Literary Critics, Hellenes and Hellions, and Stepping Stones. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Guide to the Letters of Alexander Karanikas, 1943-2006
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apers primarily document Karanikas' work under Vilhjalmur Stefansson on Artic and cold weather flying at the Cold Weather Testing Detachment near Fairbanks, Alaska.