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Exit Aby Anthony SwoffordISBN 1416527559 (1-4165-2755-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exit A'Book summary:Anthony Swofford follows his international best-seller Jarhead with an unforgettable first novel -- a powerful story about a youth spent on a U.S. air base in Japan and the gritty neon streets just outside it, where the Japanese underworld lurks and a rebellious young girl finds herself in great danger........
Seventeen-year-old Severin Boxx, an earnest, muscular high-school-football star, lives on an American air force base on the outskirts of Tokyo. Severin is mad for Virginia Kindwall, the base general's daughter, who is a hafu -- half American and half Japanese. Beautiful, smart, and utterly defiant of her father, Virginia has become a petty criminal in the Japanese underground.
Severin is soon caught up in Virginia's world, and together they drift through the mad neon landscape outside the walls of the base, near the busy Haijima rail station, a place of movement, anonymity, and sudden disappearance. Exit A is one of its many shadowy doorways. Severin and Virginia fall into trouble way over their heads and are soon subjected to the enormous, unforgiving tensions between America and Japan. Years later, Severin and Virginia remain lost to each other, until an emotionally frayed, thirty- something Severin embarks on a quest to find Virginia -- and the part of himself taken from him when his boyhood abruptly ended.
Darkly irreverent, frankly erotic, at once suspenseful and emotionally overwhelming, Swofford's Exit A builds inexorably toward a climax as it audaciously plumbs the legacies of war, the wish for redemption, and the danger of love..........
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- Exit A: ISBN 1416527818 (1-4165-2781-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited - Exit A: A Novel: ISBN 0743270398 (0-7432-7039-8)
Softcover, Scribner - Exit A: ISBN 074327038X (0-7432-7038-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Exit A: ISBN 0743295641 (0-7432-9564-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited - Exit A: ISBN 1416527559 (1-4165-2755-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited
- Exit A: ISBN 1416527818 (1-4165-2781-8)
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Home To War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movementby Gerald Nicosia, Anthony SwoffordISBN 0786714034 (0-7867-1403-4)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Home To War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement'Book summary:As a new generation comes of age, Home to War presents a vivid portrait of American soldiers who faced rejection by the nation in whose name they fought, and virtual abandonment by the government that sent them to risk their lives. In spite of formidable obstacles, these young Vietnam veterans joined together and committed themselves to heroic battles on the home front, from their unsung role in the antiwar movement to their unflagging campaign for medical help and compensation. There is Jan Barry, a disillusioned former West Point cadet who founded Vietnam Veterans Against the War, an organization that would become a beacon of hope for returning vets; Al Hubbard, a charismatic former Black Panther who led thousands of angry veterans to the steps of the Capitol to protest the war and the governments shabby treatment of its veterans; Ron Kovic, whose outrageousand courageousstunts, uncensored comments, and provocative politics drew needed attention to the cause; and many others whose inspiring struggles served themselves, their fellow soldiers, and their country. Encompassing some thirty years of activism, readjustment, and healing, Home to War is a fitting tribute to the unbreakable courage, idealism, and decades-long endurance of this generation of American soldiers. [via]
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battlesby Anthony SwoffordISBN 141651340X (1-4165-1340-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War And Other Battles'Book summary:In his New York Times bestselling chronicle of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. When the U.S. Marines-or "jarheads"-were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man. [via]
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- Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743239199 (0-7432-3919-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743252780 (0-7432-5278-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Incorporated - Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743275373 (0-7432-7537-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War And Other Battles: ISBN 0743287215 (0-7432-8721-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743239180 (0-7432-3918-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743244915 (0-7432-4491-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743248201 (0-7432-4820-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Australia - Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743248619 (0-7432-4861-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743235355 (0-7432-3535-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War And Other Battles: ISBN 141651340X (1-4165-1340-X)
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- Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles: ISBN 0743239199 (0-7432-3919-9)
Jarhead: A Soldier's Story of Modern Warby Anthony SwoffordISBN 1846325145 (1-84632-514-5)
Hardcover, Recorded Books, LLC
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Jarheadby Anthony SwoffordISBN 3596161827 (3-596-16182-7)
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