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Why are we in Vietnam?Why are we in Vietnam?

Why are we in Vietnam?1987

Norman Mailer

3.5(2)on Hardcover

About this book

Narrated by Ranald ("D.J.") Jethroe, Texas's most precocious teenager, on the eve of his departure to fight in Vietnam, this story of a hunting trip in Alaska is both brilliantly entertaining and profoundly thoughtful.

Details

First published
1987
OL Work ID
OL1822190W

Subjects

FictionYoung menBear huntingHunting storiesBildungsromansAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, historical, generalVietnam war, 1961-1975Fiction, general

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