Description
| Product ID: | 9781786897459 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Canons |
| Title: | Born on the Fourth of July |
| Authors: | Author: Ron Kovic |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A powerful anti-war statement and memoir, with a foreword by Bruce Springsteen Ron Kovic went to Vietnam dreaming of being an American hero. What he found there changed him profoundly, even before the severe battlefield injury that left him paralysed from the waist down. He returned to an America indifferent to the realities of war and the fate of those who fought for their country. From his wheelchair he became one of the most visible and outspoken opponents of the Vietnam War. |
| Imprint Name: | Canongate Canons |
| Publisher Name: | Canongate Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-07-04 |