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1 online resource (1 audio file (360 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by J. D. Cullum. |
| Summary |
The boy they called Heck arrived at Omaha Beach in August 1944. Soon he would be sent to the front . . . George Tilson, an 18-year-old Iowa farm boy, is nicknamed Heck because he won't curse. Other than that, he's a typical soldier, willing to do his duty without much fuss or musing about grand goals. During his first horrific exposure to combat, Heck discovers a dark truth about himself: He is a coward. Shamed by his fear and tortured by the never-ending physical dangers around him, he struggles to survive, to live up to the ideal of the American fighting man, and to make sense of his feelings for a young French refugee. As the stark reality of combat - and the knowledge that he could cease to exist at any moment - presses in on him, he makes a series of choices that would be rational in every human situation except war. Writing with remorseless clarity in a starkly minimalist style, Arvin draws you into the unimaginable fear, violence, and chaos of the war zone - and creates one of the most disturbing and unforgettable accounts of a soldier's life ever written. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction.
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Americans -- France -- Fiction.
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Women refugees -- Fiction.
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Cowardice -- Fiction.
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Soldiers -- Fiction.
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France -- Fiction.
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War stories.
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Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Cullum, J. D.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781598871500 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1598871501 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11419331 |
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