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O’Hara’s Choice audiobook

  • By: Leon Uris
  • Narrator: Jack Garrett
  • Length: 14 hours 56 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: October 04, 2005
  • Language: English
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O’Hara’s Choice Audiobook Summary

Two decades after the Civil War, first-generation Irish-American Zachary O’Hara, son of a legendary Marine and a force of a man in his own right, finds himself playing a critical role as the very existence of the Marine Corps is being decided. If he can help persuade the Secretary of the Navy that the Marines will be crucial to America’s security in years to come — all the while hefting a heavy, secret weight in his heart — he’ll save the Corps and make his career.But there’s an obstacle in his path that this warrior hadn’t planned on. Amanda Blanton Kerr, the daughter of a ruthless industrialist, is on a mission of her own; passionate, obstinate, and whip-smart, she’s an heiress poised to blaze a trail for all women.

O’Hara’s Choice is the story of the inevitable collision of these two handsome, fighting spirits, in which getting their souls’ desires could jeopardize everything they — and their parents before them — scraped and struggled to achieve.

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O’Hara’s Choice Audiobook Narrator

Jack Garrett is the narrator of O’Hara’s Choice audiobook that was written by Leon Uris

Internationally acclaimed novelist Leon Uris ran away from home at age seventeen, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to join the Marine Corps, and he served at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. His first novel, Battle Cry, was based on his own experiences in the Marines, which he revisited in his final novel, O’Hara’s Choice. His other novels include the bestsellers Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, QB VII, and Topaz, among others. Leon Uris passed away in June 2003.

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O’Hara’s Choice Full Details

Narrator Jack Garrett
Length 14 hours 56 minutes
Author Leon Uris
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date October 04, 2005
ISBN 9780060856007

Additional info

The publisher of the O’Hara’s Choice is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780060856007.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

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March 09, 2019

I thought it would have some battles and action and the like. But it was a romance story I was tricked and I think it was my first romance novel. Story about a father and son, both whom were US marines. A tycoon ship builder and his daughter. The merry go round love affair they have, in the end they get sensible see the light and I kind of think they love each other. Had some memorable lines which made me laugh, couple ones in particular, were..in the marines we'll eat mashed monkey shit and drink buzzard puke.Haha that was funny. Another one is describing Irish women who had a strong outlook on life and banded together and grabbed young men to join them in the misery of marriage that caused me to roar out laughing. It was interesting because it mixed little tib bits on history and beginning of amphibious warfare, it has a shocking twist at the end of the story, and in the end I really enjoyed my first romance story.

Linda

June 01, 2019

I recommend the book. I liked the history of the book of things present, future and past. The main characters were fictitious according to my research. I spent some time in Wikipedia because some events did not mesh with history as I knew it. The War Between the States and the rise of the Marine Corps in decades following the war were basic to the storyline, but the industrialization of America was not overlooked. I like historical fiction with a little love on the side, but the love story in this book had a real message. Amanda, daughter of a wealthy industrialist, and Zachary, a second generation Marine, loved each other beyond life, but the outside world was their enemy. Now, why would the author devote so much time to an ill fated love affair? Sometimes people are not adequate to their passions. Sometimes they are not adequate for each other. I took that conclusion to every aspect of life and came away a little wiser. In my ecopy of the book, there were no paragraph signals, and there were spelling and grammatical errors. Otherwise, the writing mechanics were excellent. If it were possible, I would urge the author to watch his coarse language. Sadly, he had the final say on that point, and I am bereft that there will not be a 'new Uris book!'Thank you, posthumously, dear author, for a final good read.

Atay

January 15, 2023

It’s by far my least favourite of Leon Uris’s novels.. the story has its high points and is entertaining but some parts feel disconnected and the ending was just strange…

Deanna

August 04, 2014

Brilliant Uris, as usual. One of his best. That scene at the carnival was beautiful. No one writes a romantic history like Uris.

Carolyn

April 03, 2021

Another great one. Gives insight into the Marine Corps back after WWII. His characters are very impelling.

Susan

July 26, 2014

kind of bored with it in the beginning, he introduced a lot of characters that didn't seem to relate - then the story really evolved and had to race to the end. would recommend,

Charles

May 24, 2018

Leon Uris refuses to spell out for us exactly what is happenings at times, especially in the climactic contest for the heart and devotion of the last, best hope of the US Marine Corps at a time when it was threatened with extinction, in the late 19th and early 20th century. I chose one interpretation that satisfies me, but I can see how others would work. Uris brings us inside the creation of the amphibious war doctrine that will guide the US to victory in WWII some generations later on the beaches of Pacific Islands and Normandy.

Linda

February 10, 2017

I listened to this book on CD and it was a well-told story. It is the story of the development of the US Marine Corps after the Civil War. It is also the love story of the brilliant corpsman Zachary O’Hara and a beautiful intelligent heiress, Amanda Kerr. Well-developed characters and interesting to learn more about the Marines.

Beth

May 09, 2018

Not what I expected at all after reading the book jacket! This is much more of a romance than anything else. The story follows a military family through the creation of the marines. A tale of civil war, racism, love, family and social status/rank. I enjoyed it on audio narrated by Jack Garrett of radio/tv fame. Be ready for the ending -- also not what you would expect!

Michael

December 13, 2020

Irish and the USMCSweeping coverage of early history of USMC wrapped in a love story. This is no sappy romance novel. Having read many of uris’ novels, well researched and great background of USMC in late 19th century.

Pat

January 04, 2019

the journey was great, the finish was disappointing. still worth reading. It's primarily a love story, but sheds light on the history of the Marines, international strategy, and the power players in the 25 or so years after the Civil War.

Julie

June 14, 2021

Compelling history of the Marine Corps, a love story, and portrait of the second half of the 19th Century. Written in 2003, it creates a background of truth depicting the systemic treatment of free Blacks in America. I recommend the book.

Kathleen

July 16, 2017

Leon Uris' last book. How could a reader pass it by. Not my favorite of his, but that is hardly an insult. Learn about the history of the US Marines while reading a good novel.

Beverly

January 23, 2022

Marines..1890… baltimore

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