Buy this book on-line Del Vecchio, John M : THE 13TH VALLEYBantam Books, US, 1982 ISBN B001F5QA2G
26 Oz. . Very clean pages. Read very little. Normal library markings. Edges slightly soiled.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Del Vecchio, John M : THE 13TH VALLEY. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. DEL VECCHIO, JOHN M: : The 13th ValleyLONDON.SPHERE,BOOKS LTD.,1983. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+./VG.No owner inscrptn,no clip to dw/dj as no publisher price present.Part colour illustrated white background dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges,a couple of tiny closed tears/nicks to top rear edges,small water-stain with slight bleeding to foot of spine/backstrip and part of front bottom edge - boards unaffected.Slight creasing to rear bottom edge and top edge of dw/dj's rear,inner flap.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.
Top+fore-edges toned/aged - as usual/
normal (poor quality of paper!) but generally clean,contents generally bright
apart from page edges toning,clean with
some dog-ear reading creases to some page corners - not excessive though.Clean, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain white endpapers.Though aged,a tight,solid,sound copy of an uncommon,hardback edition.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-606pp [paginated] includes title page,double-page b/w Vietnam map,acknowledgements,author's note,prologue,31 chapters,an epilogue,10 double-page b/w maps,glossary,historical chronology,note on the maps.
The war was Vietnam,the troops American.
But the soldiers could be any soldiers,the
war any war fought for a distant cause by raw recruits thousands of miles from home.
It is 1970.The tide of war has turned.
The antiwar movement back home wants peace. roop withdrawals have begun, but in
the whispering,deadly jungles of Vietnam 101st Air Division have a mission.They can
still run and shoot and hide and live and hate and scream.They can still get blown away.They can still fight and live and die
in THE 13th VALLEY.
Author's debut novel,outstanding and highly acclaimed.'There have been a number of excellent books about Vietnam,but none has managed to communicate in such detail the day-to-day pain,discomfort,frustration and exhilaration of the American military experience in Vietnam.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW.
Del Vecchio graduated from Lafayette College in 1969.He was drafted in September of that year and sent to Vietnam
in June 1970 where he served as Combat Correspondent in the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile).In 1971 he was awarded a Bronze Star for Heroism in Ground Combat.
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