The world of Col. John W. Thomason, USMC

Martha Anne Turner's work is the first biography of Thomason in more than twenty years. The World of Colonel John W. Thomason, MSMC is overdue. Traces Thomason's three-dimensional career, Marine officer, author, artist, over much of the world. Miss Turner's study isn't just the portrayal of the metamorphosis of a romantic youth, unendowed with traditional moorings, into a mature man and conversion into the artist in two mediums that he became This is the saga of an era reaching across two world wars and detailing the excitement John Thomason brought to the scene through his tremendous talent and personal dynamism.