Dear America; Letters Home From Vietnam
by Bernard Edelman, Editor
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0671661124
- ISBN 13
- 9780671661120
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Pocket Books , 1986 Pocket Books, New York. 1986. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the top of the title page. Book Condition: Very Good; light tip, corner, and edge wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is slightly creased but is not split; text is secure in binding. 316 pp 8vo. Next to a soldier's rifle, mail and correspondence from home was on the second tier of importance. In the days before email, and cellphones, written communication was a soldiers only connection to the world outside Vietnam. This book is a compilation of 208 pieces of mail written by 125 people who served in Vietnam in the late 1960s. The letters describe the world of the grunt, the fighting man on the ground, his fears, his hopes, and his voice in the mess that was Vietnam. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009158
- Title
- Dear America; Letters Home From Vietnam
- Author
- Bernard Edelman, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671661124
- ISBN 13
- 9780671661120
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, letters, correspondence, memoirs, letters home, Vietnam war, KIA, combat wounded,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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