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Barcode31952002406374
TitleA dangerous country : an American elegy / Ron Kovic.
AuthorKovic, Ron, author.
Call NoBIO KOVIC
CollectionAdult Biography
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International Standard Book Number 9781636141664 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1636141668 (hardcover)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 959.704/3092 23/eng/20240208
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 959.704/3373 23
Personal Name Kovic, Ron, author.
Title Statement A dangerous country : an American elegy / Ron Kovic.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Ã2024
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2024]
Physical Description 263 pages ; 22 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Formatted Contents Note Part I: Vietnam diary, 1967-1968 ; Part II: breaking the silence of the night. A violent sprint -- The awful twilight -- Breaking the silence -- Confessing the sins of America -- Kennedy -- Expatriate -- Return to America -- The sea lodge -- A simple talk in a country graveyard -- Memorial service -- A letter to my mother and father -- Wounding -- In the presence of my enemy -- Alone in our rooms -- Breaking the crucifix -- The black spot ; Part III: the long journey home. San Francisco: the Paris of the West -- The art of healing -- The war is over: a celebration of life -- Tracers -- Mona -- A fool for love -- Locked steel doors and wire windows -- Escape from the psychiatric ward -- Massapequa -- Return to LA -- Reckoning -- Breakdown -- Strange days -- Darkness - A new dawn.
Summary, Etc. "Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth of July and one of the country's most powerful and passionate antiwar voices, completes his Vietnam Trilogy with this poignant, inspiring, and deeply personal elegy to America"--Publisher's description.
Subject-Personal Name Kovic, Ron.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives. Veterans United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Guerre du Viãet-nam, 1961-1975 Râecits personnels. Anciens combattants âEtats-Unis
Index Term-Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
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Index Term-Genre/Form Autobiographies. rvmgf
Index Term-Genre/Form diaries.
Index Term-Genre/Form diaries. aat
Index Term-Genre/Form Diaries. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Journaux intimes. rvmgf
Index Term-Genre/Form Personal narratives. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Râecits personnels. rvmgf