| Description |
232 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
Previously published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2008. |
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Includes non-fiction and short stories. |
| Contents |
Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to his family, May 29, 1945 -- Kurt Vonnegut at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007 -- Wailing shall be in all streets -- Great day -- Guns before butter -- Happy birthday, 1951 -- Brighten up -- Unicorn trap -- Unknown soldier -- Spoils -- Just you and me, Sammy -- Commandant's desk -- Armageddon in retrospect. |
| Summary |
Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a meditation on the impossibility of shielding children from the temptations of violence. |
| Subject |
War -- Miscellanea.
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Peace -- Miscellanea.
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Violence -- Miscellanea.
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War stories.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Miscellanea.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Miscellanea.
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| ISBN |
9780425226896 |
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0425226891 |
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