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LIST V-1

VIETNAM WAR NOVELS

· HARDBACK

Balaban, John. COMING DOWN AGAIN. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. First Edition. Explores the legacy of Vietnam in a story of Southeast Asia’s drug trade. By one of the premier poets of our time. $12.00

Bunting, Josiah. THE LIONHEADS. New York: George Braziller, 1972. [3_rd printing]
$10.00

Butler, Robert Olen. THE DEEP GREEN SEA. New York: Henry Holt, 1997. 3rd printing of first edition. Fine as purchased new. One of Butler's best. $14.00

Caputo, Philip. INDIAN COUNTRY. New York: Bantam, 1987. A fine imaginative exploration of a returned veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. $10.00

Dickason, Christie. INDOCHINE. New York: Villard Books, 1987. An epic romance of Vietnam covering decades of French and U. S. involvement. First American edition. $15.00

Fuller, Jack. FRAGMENTS. New York: Morrow, 1984. First edition. One of the most underrated novels of the war and relatively hard to find. $24.00

Glasser, Ronald J. ANOTHER WAR, ANOTHER PEACE. New York: Summit Books, 1985. First edition. A physician’s perspective. $15.00

Halberstam, David. ONE VERY HOT DAY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Book club editon. A classic of the early period of U. S. envolvement. Excellent portraits of ARVN officers. $8.00

Heinemann, Larry. PACO'S STORY. New York: Farrar, Strauss Giroux, 1986. 1st edition. $30

Kalb, Bernard and Marvin. THE LAST AMBASSADOR. Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. [2_nd printing] Perhaps the best treatment in fiction of the fall of Saigon. $10.00

Karlin, Wayne. US. New York: Henry Holt, 1993. First Edition. Karlin’s probing thriller explores the MIA aftermath of Vietnam. By the author of LOST ARMIES and PRISONERS. $18.00

Karlin, Wayne. LOST ARMIES. New York: Henry Holt, 1988. Library markings. $8.00

Nichols, John. AMERICAN BLOOD. New York: Henry Holt, 1987. 1st edition. $25.00

Ninh, Bao. THE SORROW OF WAR. New York: Pantheon, 1993. First American edition, Library remainder. Novel by North Vietnamese veteran. $10.00

Rinaldi, Nicholas. BRIDGE FALL DOWN. New York: St. Martin’s, 1985. First edition, Library remainder. A dark satire that could be about any modern war, but is clearly a response to Vietnam. $10.00

Webb, James. A COUNTRY SUCH AS THIS. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983. A wide-ranging novel in which the Korean and Vietnamese wars play a part, by the author of FIELDS OF FIRE. First edition. $18.00

Wright, Stephen. MEDITATIONS IN GREEN. New York: Scribners, 1983. [Winner of the Maxwell Perkins Prize.] $12.00

· PAPERBACK

Balaban, John. COMING DOWN AGAIN. New York: Fireside, 1989. Quality paperback. See note on hardback above. $8.00

Bunting, Josiah. THE LIONHEADS. New York: Popular Library, [1987]. $4.00

Coonts, Stephen. FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER. New York: Pocket Books, 1987. $4.00

Costello, Michael. A LONG TIME FROM HOME. New York: Zebra, 1984. $4.00

Currey, Richard. FATAL LIGHT. New York: Penguin, 1989. The most stunning lyricism of any Vietnam War fiction. $6.50 [several copies available]

Davis, George. COMING HOME. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1984. Trade paper. Hard to find edition of African-American classic novel. Originally published in 1971. $15

Del Vecchio, John M. THE 13_TH VALLEY. New York: Bantam, 1983. $5.00

Dodge, Ed. DAU. New York: Berkley, 1984. $4.00

Durden, Charles. NO BUGLES, NO DRUMS. New York: Charter Books, 1978. $4.00

Glaser, Ronald J. ANOTHER WAR, ANOTHER PEACE. New York: Ballantine, 1986. $3.50

Greene, Graham. THE QUIET AMERICAN. Various paperback editions of this classic. New York: Penguin, 1980 reprint. $4.00. Others available.

Groom, Winston. BETTER TIMES THAN THESE. New York: Berkley Books, 1979. $4.00

Halberstam, David. ONE VERY HOT DAY. New York: Avon, 1969. See note on hardback above. $3.50. Also, New York: Warner Books, 1984. $3.00 (very worn)

Haldeman, Joe. THE FOREVER WAR. New York: Ballantine, 1976 and later printings, $3.50. Winner of Hugo and Nebula Wards for best science fiction novel. A Vietnam War parable. Also, New York: Avon, 1991. $4.00

Haldeman, Joe. WAR YEAR. 1978 Pocket Books printing of Haldeman's first novel, originally published in 1972. $3.50

Hasford, Gustav. THE SHORT-TIMERS. New York: Bantam, 1980. A classic: the basis for Kubrick’s FULL METAL JACKET. $3.50.

Hawkins, Evelyn. VIETNAM NURSE. New York: Zebra, 1984. $4.00

Heinemann, Larry. CLOSE QUARTERS. New York: Warner, 1983. A rough but compelling read. Not for the faint-hearted. Heinemann’s first book reveals how combat brings out men’s ugliest traits. $4.00

Heinemann, Larry. PACO’S STORY. New York: Penquin, 1987. Award-winning second novel. Classic of the returning Vietnam veteran. $4.00

Hempstone, Smith. A TRACT OF TIME. New York: Fawcett, 1966. Hard to fine. $4.00

Huggett, William Turner. BODY COUNT. New York: Dell, 1978. A blockbuster. $4.00

Hunter, Evan. SONS. New York: Signet, 1970. Treats a family whose members, over the generations, serve in several major wars. By the author of BLACKBOARD JUNGLE and the "Ed McBain" detective novels. $4.00

Kalb, Bernard and Marvin. THE LAST AMBASSADORS. New York: Charter, 1984.
See note under hardback listing. $4.00.

Kaiko, Takeshi. INTO A BLACK SUN. Tokyo and New York: Kodansha, 1980. Based on the experiences of a Japanese war correspondent. $7.00

Lederer, William J. and Eugene Burdick. THE UGLY AMERICAN. New York: Crest/Fawcett, 1960. A classic tale of American meddling during the failed French adventure in Vietnam. Add to your order for an additional $1.50 (includes s & h).

Little, Loyd. PARTHIAN SHOT. New York: Ivy/Ballantine, 1987. One of the major comic novels of the war. $4.00

McQuinn, Donald E. TARGETS. New York: Tor, 1983. $3.50

Mason, Bobbie Ann. IN COUNTRY. New York: Perennial, 1989. This printing followed the Norman Jewison movie starring Bruce Willis. A classic coming-of-age story of a young girl who must come to terms with the Vietnam experience and death of the father she never knew. $4.00

Pollack, J. C. MISSION MIA. New York: Dell, 1983. Adventure best-seller. $4.00

Proffitt, Nicholas. EMBASSY HOUSE. New York: Bantam, 1986. $4.00

Proffitt, Nicholas. GARDENS OF STONE. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1983. $4.00

Roth, Robert. SAND IN THE WIND. New York: Pinnacle, 1974. A masterful novel in the realist tradition. Book-of-the-Month Club selection. 600+ pages. $5.00

Rubin, Jonathan. BARKING DEER. New York: Avon, 1982. Focus on U. S. Special Forces and Montagnard tribesmen. $4.00

Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann. THE HEALER’S WAR. New York: Bantam, 1989. A brilliant and comforting fantasy novel. $4.00

Smith, Steven Phillip. AMERICAN BOYS. New York: Avon, 1984. A blockbuster by the author of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. $4.00

Stone, Robert. DOG SOLDIERS. New York: Ballantine, 1975. A well-known classic and National Book Award winner. $4.00

Stone, Scott C. S. THE COASTS OF WAR. NewYork: Pyramid, 1966. First printing of paperback original. This hard to find book is one of the earliest novels published about the Vietnam War. $10.00

Webb, James. FIELDS OF FIRE. New York: Bantam, 1979. A true classic and "must" read for any student or fan of Vietnam War literature. $4.00

Williams, John A. CAPTAIN BLACKMAN. St. Paul: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1988. Quality paperback reprint of 1972 Doubleday classic. $10.00. Also, 1974 Bantam paperback. $4.00

Wright, Stephen. MEDITATIONS IN GREEN. New York: Bantam, 1984. $4.00. Also, Scribner's trade paperback, 1983. $10.00

VIETNAM WAR MEMOIRS / REPORTAGE / misc. NONFICTION

· HARDBACK

Balaban, John. REMEMBERING HEAVEN'S FACE: A MORAL WITNESS IN VIETNAM. New York: Poseidon Press, 1991. 1st edition. $25

Herr, Michael. DISPATCHES. New York: Knopf, 1977. $7.00 (shopworn)

Kane, Rod. VETERAN’S DAY. New York: Orion Books, 1990. First edition. $15.00

· PAPERBACK

Caputo, Philip. A RUMOR OF WAR. New York: Ballantine, 1978. $4.00

Fitzgerald, Frances. FIRE IN THE LAKE: THE VIETNAMESE AND THE AMERICANS IN VIETNAM. New York: Vintage, 1973. $5.00

Kovic, Ron. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. New York: Pocket Books, 1977. $4.00

Moore, Lt. Gen. Harold G. and Joseph L. Galloway. WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE AND YOUNG. New York: HarperPerennial trade paperback, 1993. $10.00

Scotti, Paul C. COAST GUARD ACTION IN VIETNAM: STORIES OF THOSE WHO SERVED. Central Point, OR: Hellgate Press, 2000. Oversized quality paperback 1st edition. 15.00

Van Devanter, Lynda. HOME BEFORE MORNING. New York: Warner Books, 1984. "The True Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam." $4.00

VIETNAM: THE LAND WE NEVER KNEW. Photography by Geoffrey Clifford. Text by John Balaban. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. A handsome and elegant combination of language and images that allows a rediscovery of this remarkable country and its people. Very good condition. $18.00. THIS TITLE IS TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT, BUT OCCASIONALLY ONE COMES MY WAY.

DRAMA

Kopit, Arthur. INDIANS. New York: Bantam, 1971. Often read as a Vietnam War allegory. $4.00

Reston, James, ed. and intro. COMING TO TERMS: AMERICAN PLAYS AND THE VIETNAM WAR. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1985. Trade paper. $10

POETRY

Balaban, John, AFTER OUR WAR. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 1974. Lamont Prize Winner. One of the first major one-author poetry collections about the Vietnam War (and other subjects), and still one of the best. Getting difficult to find. Paperback. $14.00

_________. LOCUSTS AT THE EDGE OF SUMMER: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. Port Townsend, WA.: Cooper Canyon Press, 1997. $15.00.

Bowen, Kevin. PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH THE VIET CONG. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1994. A dazzling first collection. Paperback. $12.00

Casey, Michael. OBSCENITIES. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972. An early classic. $15

Ehrhart, W. D., ed. CARRYING THE DARKNESS: AMERICAN-INDOCHINA: THE POETRY OF THE VIETNAM WAR. New York: Avon, 1985. The definitive collection in a shopworn but serviceable copy. $8.00.

Larsen, Wendy Wilder, and Tran Thi Nga. SHALLOW GRAVES: TWO WOMEN AND VIETNAM. New York: Perennial Library, 1987. $7.00

Richman, Elliot. WALK ON, TROOPER. Woodbridge, CT: Vietnam Generation & Burning Cities Press, 1994. No. 2 in "White Noise Poetry" Series. $10.

Ritterbusch, Dale. LESSONS LEARNED. Woodbridge, CT: Vietnam Generation/Burning Cities Press, 1995. $12

Weigl, Bruce. Pittsburgh: A ROMANCE. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press, 1979. Paperback. $10.00

Weigl, Bruce. THE MONKEY WARS. Athens: U of Georgia Press, 1985. $10.00

Weigl, Bruce. SONG OF NAPALM. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. Cloth. Good. $16.00

WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS: WAR POEMS BY VIETNAM VETERANS. Edited by Larry Rottmann, Jan Barry, and Basil T. Paquet. Brooklyn: 1st Casualty Press, 1972. 2nd printing (1972) of this trailblazing collection. Contains poems by W. D. Ehrhart, Michael Casey, and many others -- including a piece by Gustav Hasford. Paperback. $22

CRITICISM , ANTHOLOGIES, and SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS

Anisfield, Nancy. VIETNAM ANTHOLOGY: AMERICAN WAR LITERATURE: Bowling Green: Popular Press, 1987. Cloth. Contains some useful teaching apparatus. $10

Bates, Milton J. THE WARS WE TOOK TO VIETNAM: CULTURAL CONFLICT AND STORYTELLING. Berkeley: U of California P, 1996. Trade Paperback . Fine. $12.00

Beidler, Philip D. RE-WRITING AMERICA: VIETNAM AUTHORS IN THEIR GENERATION. Athens: U of Georgia P, 1991. Cloth. Fine. $22

Franklin, H. Bruce. THE VIETNAM WAR IN AMERICAN STORIES, SONGS, AND POEMS. Bostson: Bedford Books, 1996. A top-notch anthology-text with excellent critical apparatus. $15

Gilman, Owen W., Jr. VIETNAM AND THE SOUTHERN IMAGINATION. Jackson: U of Mississippi P, 1992. Cloth. Fine. $20.00

Hillstrom, Kevin, and Laurie Collier Hillstrom, eds. THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE: A CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, SONGS, AND FILMS. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. Cloth (published w/o dustjacket). Fine. $35

Jason, Philip K. ACTS AND SHADOWS: THE VIETNAM WAR IN AMERICAN LITERARY CULTURE. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. Cloth. 1st edition, signed by author. $45.00
Paper, signed by author, $25.00.

Jason, Philip K., ed. FOURTEEN LANDING ZONES: APPROACHES TO VIETNAM WAR LITERATURE. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1991. 1st Edition cloth mint in shrink wrap. Editor will sign upon request. $40.00. Other copies $25.00.
[See cover illustration below divider bar.]

Newman, John. VIETNAM WAR LITERATURE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMAGINATIVE WORKS ABOUT AMERICANS FIGHTING IN VIETNAM. 2nd Ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1988. Good. $10.00

Searle, William J. SEARCH AND CLEAR: CRITICAL RESPONSES TO SELECTED LITERATURE & FILMS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green Univ. Popular Press, 1988. Cloth Fine condition. $12.00.

______. same title in trade paperback. Very Good. $8.00

Shay, Jonathan. ACHILLES IN VIETNAM: COMBAT TRAUMA AND THE UNDOING OF CHARACTER. New York: Atheneum, 1994. A classic study. Cloth. Very good. $22.00

Tal, Kali. WORLDS OF HURT: READING THE LITERATURE OF TRAUMA. New York: Cambridge UP, 1996. Trade Paper. Very Good. Contains important chapter on W. D. Ehrhart. $14.00

Tal, Kali, ed. THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: REVISIONISM AND VIETNAM. This is Vol. 1, no. 1 of VIETNAM GENERATION (Winter 1989). Very Good. $10.00

Taylor, Gordon O. THE VIETNAM WAR AND POSTMODERN MEMORY. A special issue of GENRE (21.4, Winter 1988). $12.00

VIETNAM FORUM: A REVIEW OF VIETNAMESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY. No. 14, 1994. Published by the Yale University Forum on Southeast Asian Studies. Fine. $20.00

Wilson, James C. VIETNAM IN PROSE AND FILM. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1982. Paperback. One of the earliest studies of Vietnam War texts.
Good. $$10.00

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