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000437515 1001_ $$aSteinbeck, John,$$d1902-1968.
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000437515 24510 $$aSteinbeck in Vietnam :$$bdispatches from the war /$$c[John Steinbeck] ; edited by Thomas E. Barden.
000437515 260__ $$aCharlottesville :$$bUniversity of Virginia Press,$$c2012.
000437515 300__ $$axxiii, 190 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000437515 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000437515 520__ $$aSteinbeck in Vietnam offers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday. Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive, and reticent to document the war officially for the Johnson administration, Steinbeck saw in Newsday a unique opportunity to put his skills to use. Between December 1966 and May 1967, the sixty-four-year-old toured the major combat areas of South Vietnam and traveled to the north of Thailand and into Laos, documenting his experiences in a series of columns titled Letters to Alicia, in reference to Newsday publisher Harry F. Guggenheim's deceased wife. His columns were controversial, coming at a time when opposition to the conflict was growing and even ardent supporters were beginning to question its course. As he dared to go into the field, rode in helicopter gunships, and even fired artillery pieces, many detractors called him a warmonger and worse. Readers today might be surprised that the celebrated author would risk his literary reputation to document such a divisive war, particularly at the end of his career. -- Jacket.
000437515 60010 $$aSteinbeck, John,$$d1902-1968$$xPolitical and social views.
000437515 650_0 $$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$$xLiterature and the war.
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