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Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death / by Kurt Vonnegut.

Children's crusade (other title)
Slaughterhouse 5 (other title)
Slaughterhouse five (other title)
Slaughterhouse-5 (other title)
Vonnegut, Kurt, (author.).

Summary:

Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier captured by the Germans, witnesses firebombing and destruction in Dresden. Launched in November, Dell's Kurt Vonnegut reissue program continues with one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0440180295
  • ISBN: 9780440180296
  • ISBN: 9781439501634
  • ISBN: 9780812417753
  • ISBN: 0812417755
  • ISBN: 1439501637
  • ISBN: 0385333846
  • ISBN: 9780385333849
  • Physical Description: 215 pages ; 18 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dell Pub., 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Laurel book."
Paging and publisher may vary.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6 8 16724.
Subject:
Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Soldiers > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Dresden (Germany) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Fiction.
Genre:
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 55 of 77 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 5 current holds with 77 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Statesville Main Library F VONNEGUT (Text) 33114013515168 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/29/2026

Accessibility Features

Summary: Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier captured by the Germans, witnesses firebombing and destruction in Dresden. Launched in November, Dell's Kurt Vonnegut reissue program continues with one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.

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