TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mrazek,Robert J.
TI  - And the Sparrow Fell: A Novel 
SN  - 9781501709616
AV  - PS3563.R39 A84 2017
U1  - 813/.54 23/eng/20230216
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - 1961-1975
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Fiction & Short Stories
KW  - Military History
KW  - New York History
KW  - FICTION / Historical / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - vietnam war, novel about war veterans, story about war heroes, historical fiction during the vietnam war, military historical fiction, historical novel set in the twentieth century, vietnam-era stories
N1  - Frontmatter --; ONE --; TWO --; THREE --; FOUR --; FIVE --; SI X --; SEVEN --; EIGHT --; NINE --; TEN --; ELEVEN --; TWELVE --; THIRTEEN --; FOURTEEN --; FIFTEEN --; SIXTEEN --; SEVENTEEN --; EIGHTEEN --; NINETEEN --; TWENTY --; TWENTY-ONE --; TWENTY-TWO --; TWENTY-THREE --; TWENTY-FOUR --; TWENTY- FIVE --; TWENTY-SIX --; TWENTY-SEVEN --; TWENTY- EIGHT --; TWENTY-NINE --; THIRTY --; THIRTY-ONE --; THIRTY-TWO --; THIRTY-THREE --; THIRTY- FOUR --; THIRTY -FIVE --; THIRTY-SIX --; THIRTY-SEVEN --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501709616
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501709616
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