Born on the Fourth of July
Record details
- ISBN: 9781888451788
- ISBN: 1888451785
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Physical Description:
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216 pages ; 21 cm - Publisher: New York : Akashic Books, ©2005.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1976. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction 2005 by Ron Kovic 15 -- Born on the Fourth of July 27 -- Postscript: Letter to Ron Kovic's parents from Lieutenant General L.W. Walt, U.S. Marine Corps, February 14, 1968 218 -- About the Author. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Kovic, Ron Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | DS 559.5 .K68 2005 | 30775305490618 | General Collection | Available | - |
Library Journal Review
Born on the Fourth of July
Library Journal
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Now a benchmark of anti-Vietnam War literature, Kovic's best seller debuted in 1976. In a new introduction, Kovic draws parallels to the Iraq war. As powerful as ever. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Born on the Fourth of July
Kirkus Reviews
Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
I cannot feel anything from my chest down anymore""--for Ron Kovic, born on the 4th of July, that was the beginning and the end. It was the end of the all-American boy from Massapequa, Long Island, who played Little League baseball, worshipped Mickey Mantle and John Wayne and joined the Marines to win medals and be a hero. It was the beginning of a nightmare of filthy VA hospitals, overflowing urine bags, rooms full of men with their limbs or faces blown away. When he got out he went to Mexico ""where the whores were very understanding"" even to a guy whose genitals didn't work. Later still he became involved with the Vietnam Vets against the War, and somehow got into the '72 Republican convention and shouted his protest during Nixon's acceptance speech. He sets it all down, at times in the third person, with time sequences jumbled, with grisly memories intruding on the narrative. He is furious, numb, beseeching. The Vietnam War has by now generated scores of protests. This one is a scream by a man still grappling to make sense of his busted body, his busted life. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.