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Guard of Honor

by James Gould Cozzens (1948)

About this book

James Gould Cozzens was one of America's most famous writers after the Second World War. His Pulitzer Prize-winning novel GUARD OF HONOR balances a vast cast of intricately enmeshed characters as they react over the course of three tense days to a racial incident on a U.S. Air Force training base in Florida in 1942.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraClassic Era
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters

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