Black Virgin Mountain A return to Vietnam
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Ward, Jeffrey. Illustrator
Published
New York : Doubleday, c2005.
Edition
1st ed.
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243 pages : ill., front., map, photos. ; 22 cm.
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Gilpin County Public Library - NONFICTION | 813 HEINEMA | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Doubleday, c2005.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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"In 1966 Larry Heinemann, a working-class twenty-two-year-old from Chicago, was drafted into the Army just as the American military buildup in Vietnam was going into overdrive. He served one year of combat duty with the 25th Infantry Division, from March 1967 to March 1968, most of it in the vicinity of Cu Chi (of tunnels fame). It was the most horrific and consequential year of his life and served as the raw material for his two subsequent classic war novels, Close Quarters and Paco's Story. The war also devastated his family. Two of his brothers served in the military, and one of them killed himself, while the other has been missing for many years. Truly, the Vietnam War altered Heinemann's life utterly and forever." "Black Virgin Mountain is structured along a railway journey Larry Heinemann took in 1992 from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City as the guest of the Vietnam Writers Association and ends with a crawl through the Tunnels of Cu Chi and a climb up the sacred mountain that provides the title's namesake. From there, he can view the entire compass of his combat experience in-country. Along the way, the author encounters Vietnamese veterans of the war and views sites that trigger powerful memories."--BOOK JACKET
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Heinemann, L., & Ward, J. (2005). Black Virgin Mountain: A return to Vietnam . Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Heinemann, Larry and Jeffrey. Ward. 2005. Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Heinemann, Larry and Jeffrey. Ward. Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam Doubleday, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Heinemann, Larry., and Jeffrey Ward. Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam Doubleday, 2005.
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