{"product_id":"if-i-die-in-a-combat-zone-box-me-up-and-ship-me-home-paperback","title":"If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was \/ is Vietnam.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eMinneapolis Star and Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore writing his award-winning \u003ci\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, \u003ci\u003eIf I Die in a Combat Zone\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterwork of its genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow with Extra Libris material, including a reader's guide and bonus content.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a masterwork of its genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e received the 1979 National Book Award in fiction for \u003ci\u003eGoing After Cacciato\u003c\/i\u003e. His other works include the Pulitzer finalist and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Century, \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e; the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eTomcat in Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorthern Lights\u003c\/i\u003e; and the national bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eIf I Die in a Combat Zone\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel \u003ci\u003eIn the Lake of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians and was named the best novel of 1994 by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2010 he received the Katherine Anne Porter Award for a distinguished lifetime body of work and in 2012 he received the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. He was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.12 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978569384237,"sku":"9780767904438","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/d2tWNlp2blNhdmhkQklnUURacnlaZz09.webp?v=1775805874","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/if-i-die-in-a-combat-zone-box-me-up-and-ship-me-home-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}