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100 1  Steinbeck, John,|d1902-1968. 
240 10 Works.|kSelections (Barden) 
245 10 Steinbeck in Vietnam :|bdispatches from the war /|c[John 
       Steinbeck] ; edited by Thomas E. Barden. 
264  1 Charlottesville :|bUniversity of Virginia Press,|c2012. 
300    xxiii, 190 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    Steinbeck 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. 
600 10 Steinbeck, John,|d1902-1968|xPolitical and social views. 
650  0 Vietnam War, 1961-1975|xLiterature and the war. 
700 1  Barden, Thomas E. 
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