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"Torn apart by war and bigotry, two families confront long-buried secrets in this haunting American novel of World War II and Vietnam. In the panoramic tradition of Charles Frazier's fiction, Phantoms is a fierce saga of American culpability. A Vietnam vet still reeling from war, John Frazier finds himself an unwitting witness to a confrontation, decades in the making, between two steely matriarchs: his aunt, Evelyn Wilson, and her former neighbor,...
24) Heat lightning
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Virgil Flowers mysteries volume 2
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English
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Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers receives a phone call notifying him another body has been found shot and the victim has a lemon in his mouth, the same as the body found the week before. Two bodies in two weeks, Flowers must find the killer before he's sorry.
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Jake Grafton novels volume 1
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
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Naval aviator Jake Grafton's once innocent love of flying has given way to guilt and frustation--and an urgent need to give meaning to the deaths he feels responsible for in Vietnam.
28) Villa incognito
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English
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American MIAs choose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Four generations of strong, alluring women share a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. And in this stirring chronicle, Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Philip Caputo writes about our country's most controversial war -- the Vietnam War -- for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam under French colonial rule, to American intervention, to the battle at Hamburger Hill, to the Tet Offensive, to...
33) Vietnam War
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DK Publishing, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The story of the war in Vietnam, told in text and pictures.
The story of the war in Vietnam, told in text and pictures. Vietnam War complements the new look of the Eyewitness series by touring the major battles of the Vietnam conflict. Traces the history of the unpopular war that killed over 58,000 Americans, discussing the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing, weaponry, peace negotiations, and lessons learned....
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DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Overview of the Vietnam war focuses on the people and individual battles of that conflict. Packed with photographs, maps, charts, and artifacts, Vietnam War Battles and Leaders covers the victories and failures of the generals and politicians who shaped American intervention in Southeast Asia.
37) The Vietnam War
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World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Examines the history of conflict in Vietnam, traces the United States involvement from the early 1960s through 1975, and discusses the consequences of the war on both the United States and Vietnam.
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