My detachment : a memoir / Tracy Kidder.
My detachment : a memoir / Tracy Kidder.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Random House, c2005.
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N959.70434/20
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Language
English
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Physical content
192 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
War stories -- The tabor's sound -- Brave lieutenants -- Pancho -- Getting hit -- Secret code word -- R & R -- Operations -- Cassius -- The death of Lieutenant Dempsey -- Short -- A visitor.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, c2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"Kidder looks back at himself from across three and a half decades, confessing how, as a young lieutenant, he sought to borrow from the tragedy around him and to imagine himself a romantic hero. My Detachment gives us war without heroism, while preserving those rare moments of redeeming grace in the midst of lunacy and danger. The officers and men...
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My detachment : a memoir / Tracy Kidder.
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Date Copyright
c2005.
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N959.70434/20
Record Identifier
74VKmqqJkP4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmqqJkP4b
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ISBN
0375506152
9780375506154
DDC
959.70434092
MMS ID
991020493639702626
