The Hunt For Red October

Tom Clancy. The Hunt for Red October. Berkley, 19900301
0425120279 Amazon Review Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on.... The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a runaway top secret Russian missile sub. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review "The Hunt for Red October is Tom Clancy's superb, exciting story, only made better by the reading of Richard Crenna...Even if you have read the book and seen the movie, this cassette with Crenna's voice will give you two hours and 41 minutes of thrills...Don't miss this listening pleasure!" -- The News Chief "I consider this Clancy's best work, and it's made even more exciting (if that's possible) by the superb performance of Richard Crenna." -- The Union Leader, October 1990 --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition..

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Biography: Tom Clancy.
733961186888 VHS - brand new in gift giving condition and still in the publisher's factory shrink wrap. Rare - out of print. Biography: Tom Clancy Clancy was working as an insurance broker until he wrote his first novel in 1984, The Hunt for Red October, about the defection of a Russian submarine crew. The book made the New York Times best seller list after President Ronald Reagan openly praised it. His crafting of plausible military scenarios is so realistic that he has become a favorite of the United States military. Clancy has dined with Presidents; admirals and generals regularly give him access to ships, subarines and aircraft; and Pentagon officials provide him material for upcoming projects. Today, some of Clancy's books are considered as required reading at U.S. military academies. Ten of Clancy?s books have earned No. 1 rankings on the New York Times best seller list. Nearly fifty million copies of his books have been printed and three have been made into movies. His novels include Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, Patriot Games, Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Without Remorse, Debt of Honor, Executive Orders and Rainbow Six. In 1999 Clancy partnered with Chuck Horner, the General and Commander of the Desert Storm air offensive, to write Every Man a Tiger, a real-life account of the the Persian Gulf War from the top commander's vantage point. In 1996 Clancy founded Red Storm Entertainment to create and market multimedia computer games based on his stories. Its first game Politika was released in November 1997. In February 1998, Tom Clancy announced that he planned to purchase the Minnesota Vikings at a price of roughly200 million, but the deal fell through for undisclosed reasons..

VHS TAPE, New.

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Clancy, Tom. Hunt for Red October, The. New York: Berkley Books, 1985.
Clean tite; aging slanted; not written-in, underlined, highlighted, clearance or discard. Usually mails within 12 hours. ; 469 pages; Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on....#The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a runaway top secret Russian missile sub. #Time#Gripping narrative... Navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerized.. 0425083837.

Paperback, Good.

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Clancy, Tom. The Hunt for Red October. Berkley, March 1, 1990. ; weicher Einband / soft cover ISBN: 0-425-12027-9
Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fatefu l decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Ru ssians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on.... The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy 's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that t he author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a runaway top secret Russian missile sub.--This text refers to an out of print or un available edition of this title. Time Gripping narrative... Navy buffs and thriller adepts have been mesmerized..

Paperback, Very Good.

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