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Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- Born on the Fourth of July: 40th Anniversary Edition
- ISBN
- 1617754692
- EAN
- 9781617754692
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Date of Publication
- 2016-08-18
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Release Title
- Born on the Fourth of July: 40th Anniversary Edition
- Artist
- Kovic, Ron
- Brand
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- Colour
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- Book Title
- Born on the Fourth of July: 40th Anniversary Edition
- Publisher
- Akashic Books,U.S.
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 210mm
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Topic
- History
- Item Width
- 133mm
- Item Weight
- 214g
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Classic and timeless. --New York Times The book details Kovic's entering of the Vietnam War as a fierce, pro-war patriot before becoming an outspoken peace activist after an injury paralyzed him and he returned home to a cold reception. --Rolling Stone Born on the Fourth of July tells the story of its author's transition from war hawk to protestor after being paralyzed in Vietnam, and coming home to a lukewarm reception. It's no coincidence that 'Born in The U.S.A.' tells very much the same tale. --Billboard Kovic's book follows him from star high school wrestler to a patriotic American inspired by John F. Kennedy to join the marines to the traumatic 1968 wartime injury that left him paralyzed from the chest down to his emergence as an outspoken anti-war activist. --Hollywood Reporter The 1976 book, which was made into an Oscar winning film starring Tom Cruise in 1989, details Kovic's period in the Vietnam War as a fierce, pro-war patriot before he became an outspoken peace activist after an injury paralysed him and he returned home to a cold reception. --NME He was born in the U.S.A.--and on the 4th of July. Bruce Springsteen narrates a foreword he wrote in the new audiobook edition of Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic's anti-Vietnam War memoir. --New York Daily News There is no better time than Independence Day to listen [to] The Boss' iconic voice on the foreword and this great work of art. --Examiner For the 40th anniversary of the book, which became a movie in the '80s starring Tom Cruise, a new print edition was issued with a foreword written by Bruce Springsteen, and the audiobook is the only place where you can hear Bruce read his foreword directly to you. That's right, the Boss sets the tone for this extremely powerful and moving memoir in a way that you won't want to miss. --Omnivoracious Forty years ago the Vietnam vet from Massapequa--wounded in combat and in a wheelchair ever since--published his classic war memoir, later made into a film with Tom Cruise. The anniversary edition features a foreword by Bruce Springsteen. Kovic's new book, Hurricane Street, chronicles the 1970s activism of the American Veterans Movement. --Newsday Born on the Fourth of July chronicles Kovic's transformation from a gung-ho soldier entering the Vietnam War to his return home as a paralyzed man. His experiences overseas, as well as the terrible way he was treated when he came back, made Kovic's book one of the antiwar movement's most celebrated works. --Ultimate Classic Rock Kovic entered of the Vietnam War as a fierce, pro-war patriot before becoming an outspoken peace activist after an injury paralyzed him and he returned home to a cold reception as a veteran. His book tells his story. --Radio.com Born on the Fourth of July tells the story of Kovic's enlistment and how he became disillusioned with the war over time and especially after he returned home to the States. Many of the book's themes are echoed in Springsteen's hit song, 'Born in the U.S.A.' --Asbury Park Press With a new foreword by Bruce Springsteen. This New York Times best seller (more than one million copies sold), presented here in a special fortieth-anniversary edition with a brand-new foreword by Bruce Springsteen, details the author's life story (portrayed by Tom Cruise in the Oliver Stone film)--from a patriotic soldier in Vietnam, to his severe battlefield injury, to his role as the country's most outspoken anti-Vietnam War advocate, spreading his message from his wheelchair.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S.
ISBN-13
9781617754692
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223026384
Product Key Features
Book Title
Born on the Fourth of July: 40th Anniversary Edition
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
133mm
Item Weight
214g
Additional Product Features
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United States
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