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MATTERHORN A NOVEL OF THE VIETNAM WAR
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MATTERHORN A NOVEL OF THE VIETNAM WAR Trade paperback - 2011

by MARLANTES, KARL

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An incredible publishing story--written over the course of 30 years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, a "New York Times" bestseller for 16 weeks, a National Indie Next and a "USA TODAY" bestseller--"Matterhorn" is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood.

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EL LEON LITERARY ARTS & GROVE PRESS. Trade Paperback. GOOD. 0 9780802145314 C2010 GOOD TRADE PAPERBACK, LIGHT TAN/WEAR TO EDGES A NOVEL OF THE VIETNAM WAR
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  • Title MATTERHORN A NOVEL OF THE VIETNAM WAR
  • Author MARLANTES, KARL
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher EL LEON LITERARY ARTS & GROVE PRESS, New York
  • Date 2011-05-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 193418
  • ISBN 9780802145314 / 0802145310
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.7 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 4.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
    • Event: Summer Vacation Reading
    • Holiday: Veteran's Day
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Entertainment Weekly, 06/03/2011, Page 77
  • New York Times Book Review, 06/12/2011, Page 32

About the author

A graduate of Yale University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, KARL MARLANTES served as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and ten air medals. He is the author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War. He lives in rural Washington.