Matterhorn [electronic resource] : a novel of the Vietnam War / Karl Marlantes.
In the tradition of Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" and James Jones's "The Thin Red Line," Marlantes tells the powerful and compelling 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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- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press
- Distributor: New York : Publishers Group West
- Copyright: ©2010
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- General Note:
- "Published by Atlantic Monthly Press in association with El León Literary Arts, [Berkeley, Calif.]"--T.p. verso.Electronic book.
- Reproduction Note:
- Electronic reproduction. LaVergne Grove Atlantic 2010 Available via World Wide Web.
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- United States. Marine Corps > Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Fiction. - Genre:
- War stories.
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In the tradition of Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" and James Jones's "The Thin Red Line," Marlantes tells the powerful and compelling 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.
