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The Resource In Pharaoh's army : memories of the lost war, Tobias Wolff

In Pharaoh's army : memories of the lost war, Tobias Wolff

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In Pharaoh's army : memories of the lost war
Title
In Pharaoh's army
Title remainder
memories of the lost war
Statement of responsibility
Tobias Wolff
Title variation
In Pharaohs army
Title variation remainder
memories of the lost war
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In Pharaoh's Army is Tobias Wolff's unflinching account of his tour in Vietnam, his tangled journey there and back. Using his old wiles and talents, he passes through boot camp, trains as a paratrooper, volunteers for the Special Forces, studies Vietnamese, and - without really believing it himself - becomes an officer in the U.S. Army. Then, inexorably, he finds himself drawn into the war, sent to the Mekong Delta as adviser to a Vietnamese battalion." "More or less innocent, self-deluded but rapidly growing less so, he dedicates himself not to victory but to survival. For despite his impressive credentials, he recognizes in himself laughably little aptitude for the military life and no taste at all for the war. He ricochets between boredom and terror and grief for lost friends; then and in the years to come, he reckons the cost of staying alive." "A superb memoir of war, In Pharaoh's Army is an intimate recounting of the central event of our recent past. Once again Tobias Wolff has combined the art of the best fiction and the immediacy of personal history - with authority, humanity, and sure conviction
Tone
Writing style
Award
  • ALA Notable Book, 1995.
  • Booklist Editors' Choice, 1994.
Biography type
autobiography
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155417
Cataloging source
PBT
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1945-
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Wolff, Tobias
Dewey number
959.70438
Index
no index present
LC call number
DS559.5
LC item number
.W64 1995
Literary form
non fiction
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True
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  • Wolff, Tobias
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Authors, American
Target audience
adult
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memories of the lost war
Label
In Pharaoh's army : memories of the lost war, Tobias Wolff
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1994
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Thanksgiving special -- Command presence -- White man -- Close calls -- Duty -- A federal offense -- The lesson -- Old China -- I right a wrong -- Souvenir -- The rough humor of soldiers -- Civilian -- Last shot
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Vintage books edition.
Extent
221 pages
Isbn
9780679760238
Lccn
94011574
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 33348372
  • (OCoLC)33348372
Label
In Pharaoh's army : memories of the lost war, Tobias Wolff
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1994
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Thanksgiving special -- Command presence -- White man -- Close calls -- Duty -- A federal offense -- The lesson -- Old China -- I right a wrong -- Souvenir -- The rough humor of soldiers -- Civilian -- Last shot
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Vintage books edition.
Extent
221 pages
Isbn
9780679760238
Lccn
94011574
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 33348372
  • (OCoLC)33348372

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