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Title:

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

Publisher:

Anchor Books,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

x, 724 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Motion pictures and the war.
American literature--20th century.

Other Authors:

O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-

Notes:

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

Contents:

The wall. Dien Cai Dau / Yusef Komunyakaa. If I die in a combat zone ; Going after Cacciato / Tim O'Brien -- 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 -- 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/ Tim O'Brien -- First wave of major films. Deer hunter ; Coming home ; Apocalypse now -- 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 -- 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 -- Second wave of major work. 13th Valley / John M Del Vecchio -- Meditations in green / Stephen Wright -- Paco's story / Larry Heinemann -- Second wave of major films. Platoon ; Full metal jacket -- Memoirs. 365 days / Ronald J Glasser -- Killing zone / Fredrick Downs -- Chickenhawk / Robert Mason -- Only war we had / Michael Lee Lanning -- Masterwork. Things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- Homecoming. Paco's story / Larry Heinemann -- Love medicine / Louise Erdrich -- From carrying the darkness / W D Ehrhart, edt -- A romance ; Monkey wars ; What saves us / Bruce Weigl -- Things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- 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 -- The wall. Invasion of Grenada / W D Ehrhart -- Names of the dead / Stewart O'Nan -- Dien Cai Dau / Yusef Komunyakaa.

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.

ISBN:

9780385491181 (pbk.)
0385491182 (pbk.)

LCCN:

98015575

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)