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The Vietnam reader : the definitive collection of American fiction and nonfiction on the war / edited by Stewart O'Nan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books, c1998.Description: x, 724 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0385491182 (pbk.)
  • 9780385491181 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.704/3 21
LOC classification:
  • 438 DS 557.7 V666 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Green -- Green berets / Robin Moore -- If I die in a combat zone ; Going after Cacciato / Tim O'Brien -- 2. Early work -- One very hot day / David Halberstam -- If I die in a combat zone -- Obscenities / Michael Casey -- Sticks and bones / David Rabe -- From demilitarized zones / Jan Barry and W D Ehrhart edts -- 3. First wave of major work -- Born on the Fourth of July / Ron Kovic -- Fields of fire / James Webb -- Rumor of war / Philip Caputo -- Dispatches / Michael Herr -- Going after Cacciato -- 4. First wave of major films -- Deer hunter ; Coming home ; Apocalypse now -- 5. Songs -- "Ballad of the green berets" / Barry Sadler and Robin Moore -- "I-feel-like-I'm-fixin'-to die-rag" / Country Joe McDonald -- "Fortunate son" / Creedence clear water revival, John Fogerty -- "The unknown soldier" / The Doors, Jim Morrison -- "What's going on" / Marvin Gaye -- "War" / Edwin Starr -- "Born in the USA" Bruce Springsteen -- "The big parade" / 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant -- 6. Oral history boom -- Nam / Mark Baker -- Bloods / Wallace Terry -- Piece of my heart / Keith Walker -- From Dear America: letters home from Vietnam / Bernard Edelman edt -- Everything we had / Al Santoli -- 7. Second wave of major work -- 13th Valley / John M Del Vecchio -- Meditations in green / Stephen Wright -- Paco's story / Larry Heinemann -- 8. Second wave of major films -- Platoon ; Full metal jacket -- 9. Memoirs -- 365 days / Ronald J Glasser -- Killing zone / Fredrick Downs -- Chickenhawk / Robert Mason -- Only war we had / Michael Lee Lanning -- 10. Masterwork -- Things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- 11. Homecoming -- Paco's story -- Love medicine / Louise Erdrich -- From carrying the darkness / W D Ehrhart edt -- A romance ; Monkey wars ; What saves us / Bruce Weigl -- Things they carried -- 12. Memory -- Dien Cai Dau / Yusef Komunyakaa -- In country / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Incoming / Kevin Bowen -- In the lake of the woods / Tim O'Brien -- Mr. Giai's poem / John Balaban -- 13. The wall -- Invasion of Grenada / W D Ehrhart -- Names of the dead / Stewart O'Nan -- Dien Cai Dau.
Summary: An anthology of Vietnam War writing, mostly by well-known authors. The fiction includes excerpts from novels, poems and songs, plus summaries of films, while non-fiction is represented by excerpts from books such as Robert Mason's Chickenhawk, the experiences of a helicopter pilot.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 438 DS 557.7 V666 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000056417

Includes bibliographical references (p. 697-699) and index.

1. Green -- Green berets / Robin Moore -- If I die in a combat zone ; Going after Cacciato / Tim O'Brien -- 2. Early work -- One very hot day / David Halberstam -- If I die in a combat zone -- Obscenities / Michael Casey -- Sticks and bones / David Rabe -- From demilitarized zones / Jan Barry and W D Ehrhart edts -- 3. First wave of major work -- Born on the Fourth of July / Ron Kovic -- Fields of fire / James Webb -- Rumor of war / Philip Caputo -- Dispatches / Michael Herr -- Going after Cacciato -- 4. First wave of major films -- Deer hunter ; Coming home ; Apocalypse now -- 5. Songs -- "Ballad of the green berets" / Barry Sadler and Robin Moore -- "I-feel-like-I'm-fixin'-to die-rag" / Country Joe McDonald -- "Fortunate son" / Creedence clear water revival, John Fogerty -- "The unknown soldier" / The Doors, Jim Morrison -- "What's going on" / Marvin Gaye -- "War" / Edwin Starr -- "Born in the USA" Bruce Springsteen -- "The big parade" / 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant -- 6. Oral history boom -- Nam / Mark Baker -- Bloods / Wallace Terry -- Piece of my heart / Keith Walker -- From Dear America: letters home from Vietnam / Bernard Edelman edt -- Everything we had / Al Santoli -- 7. Second wave of major work -- 13th Valley / John M Del Vecchio -- Meditations in green / Stephen Wright -- Paco's story / Larry Heinemann -- 8. Second wave of major films -- Platoon ; Full metal jacket -- 9. Memoirs -- 365 days / Ronald J Glasser -- Killing zone / Fredrick Downs -- Chickenhawk / Robert Mason -- Only war we had / Michael Lee Lanning -- 10. Masterwork -- Things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- 11. Homecoming -- Paco's story -- Love medicine / Louise Erdrich -- From carrying the darkness / W D Ehrhart edt -- A romance ; Monkey wars ; What saves us / Bruce Weigl -- Things they carried -- 12. Memory -- Dien Cai Dau / Yusef Komunyakaa -- In country / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Incoming / Kevin Bowen -- In the lake of the woods / Tim O'Brien -- Mr. Giai's poem / John Balaban -- 13. The wall -- Invasion of Grenada / W D Ehrhart -- Names of the dead / Stewart O'Nan -- Dien Cai Dau.

An anthology of Vietnam War writing, mostly by well-known authors. The fiction includes excerpts from novels, poems and songs, plus summaries of films, while non-fiction is represented by excerpts from books such as Robert Mason's Chickenhawk, the experiences of a helicopter pilot.

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