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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Creative Writing, Dawn Pisturino, Florida Weather, Haiku for the Midnight Hour, Ian W. Toll, Ian W. Toll, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in South Florida, Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942, Pacific War Trilogy, Poetry, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring in Florida, The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945Early Afternoon, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, there. Well, it’s another torrid late spring day in southeastern Florida on this second workday of the week. Outside, the temperature in my neighborhood – Coral Terrace – is 91°F (33°C) under sunny conditions – the same as in my former home in the Tampa Bay…
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Book Review: ‘The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (Volume II of the Pacific War Trilogy)
On September 21, 2015, W.W. Norton & Company – an independent, employee-owned publishing company based in New York City – published Ian W. Toll’s The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944. This is the second book in Toll’s Pacific War Trilogy, which begins with Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942…
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