Description: An American Requiem (Signed) God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us. By James Carroll, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1996.) 3rd printing. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A memoir of a family torn apart by the Vietnam War. Winner of a National Book Award. The author was an anti-war Catholic priest, and his father a Pentagon general. The fraught family dynamic included two other sons -- a draft resister in exile, and an FBI agent on the hunt for draft dodgers and radical Catholics. 279 pp., + 8 pages of b&w photos. Hardcover in dust jacket. A few small spots to the page edges, but Near Fine overall. Jacket is unclipped ($23.95) and protected by a new, clear archival cover. Inscribed by the author “for Bill Craig / Peace, / James Carroll / 10-6-98.” National Book Award seal on the front cover.
Price: 15 USD
Location: Essex, New York
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston and NY
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Subject: Military & War
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1996
Language: English
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Inscribed
Author: James Carroll
Personalized: Yes
Topic: Vietnam War (1961-75)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
