| Description |
xlii, 225 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214). |
| Contents |
Ode for the American dead in Asia / Thomas McGrath -- Maps: East Asia ; Korea: July 27, 1953 -- Introduction: Historical and literary contexts ; The writers and their works -- Rice / Henry Steiner -- A long way from home / Vern Sneider -- We Build Churches, Inc. / James Lee Burke -- Cold day, cold fear / Eugene Burdick -- The trapped battalion / William Chamberlain -- Hoengsong (from The useless servants) / Rolando Hinojosa -- Lost soldier / Stanford Whitmore -- Sailors at their mourning: a memory / John Deck -- Graves / Mark Power -- Indigenous girls / Donald R. Depew -- A matter of price / Robert O. Bowen -- From The secret / James Drought -- Soldier's leave ; Korea bound, 1952 ; Letter home ; The soldiers -- Shellshock ; Combat iambic ; Trying to remember people I never really knew ; Burning the years ; The long march / William Childress -- The Eighth Army at Chongchon ; The January-May 1951 slaughter ; Night burial details ; Jacob Mosqueda wrestles with the angels ; A matter of supplies ; Native son home from Asia / Rolando Hinojosa -- The man without a face ; Zero minus one minute ; Repository / James Magner, Jr. -- Re-runs ; They said ; Flag memoir / Reg Saner -- Korea 1953 ; The Korean ; Without laying claim ; I remember ; Pusan liberty ; Sure ; The day the dam burst ; The awakening / William Wantling -- The captain ; ... ganz in Waffen ; Guerilla camp ; The circle ; The girl ; Waterfront bars ; December, 1952 ; Commentary ; The ex-officer, Navy ; Memory of a victory / Keith Wilson. |
| Subject |
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Literary collections.
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Korean War (1950-1953) |
| Genre/Form |
Literary collections.
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| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
War stories, American.
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War stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
War stories, American.
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| Subject |
War poetry, American.
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War poetry, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Literature.
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Literature.
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| Subject |
War poetry, American.
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War stories, American.
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American literature -- 20th century.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Literary collections.
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| Added Author |
Ehrhart, W. D. (William Daniel), 1948-
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Jason, Philip K., 1941-
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| ISBN |
0813526396 paper alkaline paper |
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0813526388 cloth alkaline paper |
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