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100 1 $aMarlantes, Karl.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010010196
245 10 $aMatterhorn :$ba novel of the Vietnam War /$cKarl Marlantes.
246 3 $aNovel of the Vietnam War
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAtlantic Monthly Press, in association with El León Literary Arts ;$a[Berkeley] :$bDistributed by Publishers Group West,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $a598 pages :$billustrations, chart, maps ;$c24 cm
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520 1 $a"High in the mountains of South Vietnam, a young lieutenant is flown to an isolated, anonymous hill between Laos and the DMZ where a company of Marines is building a fire-support base. It is his first day in the jungle. From the moment his feet hit the mud - the brass have named the hill Matterhorn - his senses are assaulted by a chaotic swirl of monsoon rain and fog, screeching radios and bulldozers, and the stench of almost two hundred men who are some combination of sick, exhausted, filthy, sodden, and scared out of their minds. He has no idea if he is up to this." "So begins the story of second lieutenant Waino Mellas and his comrades in Bravo Company. The year is 1969 and Mellas, a reservist with an Ivy League education and a chip on his shoulder, has been assigned to lead a rifle platoon of forty Marines, most of whom are teenagers. He will need the help of his fellow officers: Fitch, the harried company commander who, at twenty-three, is already straining under the weight of his responsibilities; Hawke, the charismatic executive officer who is suspicious of Mellas's ambition; and Mellas's fellow platoon leaders, Goodwin and Kendall, who have troubles of their own." "Soon the company is ordered to abandon Matterhorn and embark on a dangerous mission to sever a crucial North Vietnamese supply line. As the Marines navigate the bewildering valleys and switchbacks of the jungle they endure a series of deadly tests - firefights, mortar attacks, snipers - and are driven forward by a capricious colonel who, thanks to new technology, is trying to fight the war by long-range radio. They are also dogged by racial tension that threatens to tear the company apart. But when the Marines find themselves confronted by a massive enemy regiment, they are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. As each man fights for his life and the lives of his friends, Mellas must face the reality of the war, the truth of his motives, and the depth of his commitments. The experience will change him forever."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140841
650 0 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113216
655 0 $aWar stories.
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