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English

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2017

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J. Mrazek Robert

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Cornell University Press

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2017

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Publié par

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Date de parution

15 septembre 2017

Nombre de lectures

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9781501709616

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

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And the Sparrow Fell is a coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Former U.S. Congressman Robert J. Mrazek tells the story of a wealthy family on the north shore of Long Island in the spring of 1967. Cornell undergraduate Rick Ledbetter goes through a rocky journey of self-discovery as both his family and his country disintegrate around him. Rick is a young rake in the mold of his father, Travis Ledbetter, a Medal of Honor-winning World War II navy pilot. Rick has been accepted into the swift boat program at Naval Officer Candidate School and will be heading for combat in Vietnam. Rick's brother Tom, also a Cornell undergraduate, is a young man of true conscience who, because of his Christian faith, is morally opposed to the war. He has rejected conscientious-objector status. Rick meets and falls in love with Kate Kurshan, who is Tom's girlfriend. She is also a Cornell student who opposes the war. Their three lives intersect as Rick, who becomes a war hero, discovers the human cost of war, while Tom, who has great moral courage, puts his life on the line in protest of the Vietnam War at a terrible personal cost.

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Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 septembre 2017

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781501709616

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

History of the Americas Historical fiction

A ND T HE S PA R R O W F E L L

ANDTHESPARROWFELL

A Novel

R O B E R T J . MR A Z E K

A N I M P R I N T O F C O R N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S I T H A C A A N D L O N D O N

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First published 2017 by Cornell University Press

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Mrazek, Robert J., author. Title: And the sparrow fell : a novel / Robert J. Mrazek. Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017. Identiﬁers: LCCN 2017007113 (print) | LCCN 2017008423 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501713934 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781501712258 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501709616 (pdf) Subjects: LCSH: Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Fiction. Classiﬁcation: LCC PS3563.R39 A84 2017 (print) | LCC PS3563.R39 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017007113

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This is a work of ﬁction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used ﬁctitiously, and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. In certain instances in which the author makes references to historical events and real persons, those references are made solely in a ﬁctional context.

Cover design and Illustration by Kimberly Glyder.

dedicated to

R O B E R T P O R E A , C O R N E L L ’ 6 7 Who was a helicopter rescue pilot in Vietnam And on a mission to save lives gave his own

and to C AT H E R I N E S U S A N M R A Z E K

I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day.

Albert Camus,The Fall

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

Matthew 10:29

M A R C H 1 5 , 1 9 6 8

I T H A C A , N E W Y O R K

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