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This page lists St. Bonaventure University's archival holdings of S.L.A. Marshall's book, Pork Chop Hill. Publication information, and reviews, about the book and movie are included. Story Description:
Archival Holdings
Pork Chop Hill (Opening Pages: typescript) Physical Description: Tan or white pages of varying textures; good condition. Black dark finger-print smudge marks, some pages have large numbers along left margin. All pages contain horizontal creases, either two or one in middle, probably where paper folded to fit in envelope. Contains: caption cup pages; page with title in middle in small letters; other books published page; more detailed title page; copyright page, with writing on both top and bottom; dedication page; contents page; map listings page; preface. Pages contain small hole in upper-right hand corner. Editorial corrections in green ink, pencil and blue, pink, red, and purple colored pencils. Corrections deal with margins, spelling, or appearance of page. Green check mark appears on top of most pages. Introductory pages numbered in bottom right-hand corner by hand. Preface pages numbered in top right-hand corner in roman numerals by hand; some pages have a type-written number, either crossed out or written over with a roman numerals. Preface page numbered one through fourteen. "Marshall-Pork" written in top left-hand corner of some pages in various colored pencils.
Pork Chop Hill (typescript) Physical Description: Tan, thick-textured pages (similar to stationary) with vertical crease in the middle and minimal smudge marks. Editorial corrections in pencil; blue, red, pink and black colored pencil; and two (2) forms of green ink; one green ink the same as appears in other pages. Large number of corrections, in various handwritings, for grammar, and insertion and deletion of text. "Marshall-Pork" appears in top left-hand corner of first two pages in pink pencil and underlined. Pages numbers in top center with 5-digit stamp, containing a range of zeroes at beginning of number (ex: 00001, 00055, 000230, etc). Pages numbered from 1-249. Pages also type-numbered in top right hand corner and crossed out in blue ink: numbers correspond to the respective number particular page is in chapter. First pages of each chapter do not contain typed-number and have title of chapter typed beneath stamped number. Page 91 does not have the stamp number or type-number in right-hand corner: has "91" in top middle in type; contains three pages, stapled together: 91, 91A, 91B, with 91B facing different direction than all other pages. Text contains title page for each book: "Book I Pork Chop Hill" and "Book II The Patrols." Book numbers in Roman numerals, but crossed out and written as word numbers.
Pork Chop Hill
(typescript: index) White paper with some dark discolorations; massive numbers of black finger print smudge marks and two horizontal lines perceived to be envelope folds. "INDEX" at top center of first page, with "1" at top in pencil; following pages numbered 2-23 at top center in type: “Marshall – page #”; page 23 has the number “1” in pink ink and circled in pink at bottom. Text typed along left-hand margin of page. Editorial corrections in pencil, pink colored pencil and black ink. Revisions deal mostly with indentations, spelling errors, and various points for insertion.
Pork Chop Hill (galley proofs) Physical Description: Long, tan paper with crease approximately in middle horizontally. Some pages discolored, mostly those towards the front. Rips along vertical sides of certain pages, mostly those in front; pages 1-2 very ripped up along vertical edges and taped along side. Tops of later pages frayed. Small, human-created (?) prick in upper right-hand corner above right-hand margin of most pages; smaller than hole punch and bigger than pencil prick. Black fingerprint smudge marks on some pages, mostly on bottom of paper. Typed heading: "[Page Number]-MARSHALL: Pork 11 Electra 24X14 Kaines [Date] (11)" appears on top of each page and spans width of page. Dates run from April 27-May 7; pages run 1-83. Handwritten letters in green ink appear on top right-hand corner of text pages: E/J pgs. 1-31; E/B pgs. 32-34; K/J pgs. 35-38; K/B 39-83. Pages 1 and 2 stapled together with title page of first book (approx. 8.5inX11in.) between: "Book One~ Pork Chop Hill"; page very ripped up and right side very frayed. Page 52 has title page of second book (approx. 8.5inX11in.) stapled to it approximately in middle: "Book Two~ The Patrols." Page 83 has blank page of equal length stabled to back. Numerous editorial markings appear on each page, in green ink, pencil, and red and pink colored pencil. Green ink corrections mostly circled. Corrections deal with grammar, insertion of words or phrases, or reference to illustrations. Check-marks appear on various pages. Green lines appear next to selected text. Some editorial marks are questions followed by answers; pg. 44 "See gal 40. Which way?" (green ink, question circled) "OK. it's 'James'" (red colored pencil). Page following book text with typed header: "MARSHALL-PORK (Captions: 9 Electra 24X10) Gould June 4 6". "E/N" in green ink in upper right-hand corner. Corrections in green ink and pencil. Slanted pencil-written "A57" followed by writing in upper left-hand corner. Listing of captions, with green slash through them; numbered in pencil along left-hand margin, 2-23 and "12a" and "12b".
Pork Chop Hill (master proof) Physical Description: Long, tan paper with crease approximately in center horizontally. First few pages discolored, but rest in mostly fair condition. Some pages frayed on vertical side, mainly towards front. Small, human created (?) prick in upper right-hand corner above right margin of selected pages; smaller than hole punch and bigger than pencil prick. Corners of some pages folded over in small creases. Black fingerprint smudge marks on some pages, primarily in upper left-hand corner of page above text. Pages divided into two sections, with 2 pages worth of print on each; even-numbered pages at top and odd-numbered pages on bottom. Numbered 32-304, with index afterwards. Foot of first page has "Book I~ Pork Chop Hill" and "31" in lower right-hand corner printed in green-ink; book text starts at bottom. Even-numbered pages: page number in upper left-hand corner of text and "Pork Chop Hill" in center. Odd-numbered pages: title of chapter centered italicized and page number in upper right-hand corner of text. Green-ink, handwritten "T" in far upper right-hand corner of each page. Some pages have a page or pages stabled to back of same length; another copy of same page or blank page. First page of each chapter thick, black, dotted horizontal line and the title in large print beneath. Few editorial corrections on each page; many appear on title page and on selected other pages. Corrections in green ink, pencil, and pink and purple colored pencils. Check-marks appear on most pages in margins. Both sections of page have vertical slash (or two) in pencil, spanning whole section. Pictures and maps included in text with captions under. INDEX: Format same as above, with two pages of text on each page; even-numbers on top and odd-numbers on bottom. Pages numbered 308-314. First page: "Index" on top with thick, black, dotted horizontal lines on top and bottom margins; bottom section has line on top margin and "Index" under; "306" and "307" written in green ink on first page for respective section. Minimal editorial corrections in green ink, pencil, and green and pink colored pencils. "Marshall Pork" in first page, upper left-hand corner in green ink and underlined. Green vertical line with three horizontal lines underneath it appears in upper right-hand corner of each page, above text; "triple T": upper-case "T", but with three vertical lines instead of two. "Index" in center of each page; even-numbered pages have number in upper left-hand corner and odd-numbered pages have number in upper right-hand corner. One or two vertical pencil slashes on center of each page section, spanning whole section.
Pork Chop Hill (page
proof {cut}: introductory pages) Tan paper with some fingerprint smudge marks. Includes: prefatory page; other books by Marshall page; title page; two (2) different copyright pages, one clear revision of the other; dedication page; two (2) table of contents pages, one clear revision of the other; two (2) pages with title “Lists of Maps”; and list of maps page, containing list. Pages numbered at bottom in green ink; some numbers crossed out and new page number added in pencil. “Marshall-Pork” in top left-hand corner of each page, mostly in green ink, but pencil on some pages. Vertical slash (in some cases, two) through all pages, either in pencil or green ink. Editorial corrections in pencil, pink ink and green ink. Revisions concerning length of text, position of words on page, numbering of map pages, etc.
Pork Chop Hill
(page proof {cut}: Preface A)
Pork
Chop Hill (page proofs {cut}: Preface R) Tan paper, some edges frayed and few black fingerprint smudge marks; text centered in the middle with large margins. "R" in green ink appears in upper right corner of each page above text. Limited editorial corrections in green ink, pencil, and red and purple colored pencils. Editorial questions appear on side of some pages, and answered beneath in different handwriting. Pages numbered above text in roman numerals; left sides for even and rights side for odd. Numerals crossed out and numbers written in pencil. Numbers range from thirteen to twenty-six. Vertical line down middle of every page in green ink. Last page contains white page of different texture stapled to bottom; page twenty-seven.
Pork
Chop Hill (page proof: maps and pictures) Tan pages in good condition with some black fingerprint smudge marks. Pages have picture or map on white paper typed to it in the middle. Pages numbered in top right-hand corner in purple colored pencil. Green checkmark on each page. "Gal" and a number appear on each page in purple ink. Pictures and maps have "OK" followed by comments in red colored pencil either below, above, or next to. "#" and a number next to it, circled, in pencil, appear on all pages. Most pages have "galley" followed by a number in pencil.
Pork Chop Hill (parchment/vellum page layout) Tan, transparent vellum paper, some with black fingerprint
smudge marks. Introductory pages: title page; other books page; cover
page; blank page; list of maps page; contents page; and cover page for book
one. All pages have same size double "border" around text, like
a picture frame. Text hand-written, as layout might appear in book, in pencil;
pages contain lines so writing is straight. Numerous editorial corrections
in red and purple colored pencils, regular pencil and green ink, mainly for
layout of page. All pages contain green checkmark at top; some have small
pencil checkmarks along right or left margin. Wide array of page numbers
in bottom right-hand corner, circled in red pencil; range from page 1-25 in no
particular order. Cover page and other books page connected and open up in
a way books do.
OTHER REFERENCES
Below are the listings of the published
versions of Pork Chop Hill, as well as a note about St. Bonaventure's
Autographed copy. Pork Chop Hill; The American Fighting Man in Action, Korea, Spring,
1953. Maps and Drawings by H. Garver Miller. New York: Morrow, 1956
[reprinted 1968]
OUR ARCHIVES CONTAIN AN AUTOGRAPHED VERSION OF THIS BOOK: 1959 New York: Permabooks 1959 New York: Panther Books 1959 Um
Aussenposten und Patrouillen; letzte 1959
Pork Chop Hill [Motion Picture] 1986 New York: Jove Books 1986 Nashville: Battery Press 2000 New York: Berkley Books
REVIEWS OF BOOK America. 96:17 ( 26 January 1957) 485-486 Booklist. 53 (1 January 1957) 222 Christian Science Monitor. (19 November 1956) 9 Kirkus. 24 (1 October 1956) 774 Library Journal. 81 (1 November 1956) 2582 New York Herald Tribune Book Review. (December 12 1956) 5 New York Times. (18 November 1956) 3 Saturday Review. 39 (22 December 1956) 26 Time. 68 (19 November 1956) 117
The film version of Pork Chop Hill came out in 1959. It starred Gregory Peck, Rip Torn, and Harry Guardino; directed by Lewis Milestone, screenplay by James R. Webb and produced by Sy Bartlett. This movie was not rated. The Archives owns a VHS copy of this film.
FILM REVIEWS America. 101 (30 May) 397 Catholic World. 189 (May) 153 Commonweal. 70 (12 June) 278 Library Journal. 84 (1 June) 1801 New Republic. 140 (15 June) 22 New Yorker. 35 (3 June) 117 Newsweek. 53 (1 June) 94 Saturday Review. 42 (16 May) 60 Time. 73 (8 June) 19
The links below contain information about the film, a few reviews, and a clip from the film. IMDB's page for Pork Chop Hill Rotten Tomatoes Pork Chop Hill page
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