The Resource Seeing the elephant, Portland Jones
Seeing the elephant, Portland Jones
Resource Information
The item Seeing the elephant, Portland Jones represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Seeing the elephant, Portland Jones represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- A poignant story of a remarkable relationship between Frank Stevens, an Australian soldier sent to the Vietnamese Highlands to recruit and train the local hill tribes during the Vietnam War, and his Vietnamese translator, Minh. Nearly fifty years later, Minh, now living in Australia and seriously ill, remembers the experiences that he shared with Frank, and discovers that even amongst his traumatic memories, there is consolation and joy
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 280 pages
- Note
- "Shortlisted for the T.A.G. Hungerford 2014" -- Cover
- Isbn
- 9780994316745
- Label
- Seeing the elephant
- Title
- Seeing the elephant
- Statement of responsibility
- Portland Jones
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A poignant story of a remarkable relationship between Frank Stevens, an Australian soldier sent to the Vietnamese Highlands to recruit and train the local hill tribes during the Vietnam War, and his Vietnamese translator, Minh. Nearly fifty years later, Minh, now living in Australia and seriously ill, remembers the experiences that he shared with Frank, and discovers that even amongst his traumatic memories, there is consolation and joy
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10548624
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Portland
- Dewey number
- 823.4
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Male friendship
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Seeing the elephant, Portland Jones
- Note
- "Shortlisted for the T.A.G. Hungerford 2014" -- Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000056973178
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 280 pages
- Isbn
- 9780994316745
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)934512687
- Label
- Seeing the elephant, Portland Jones
- Note
- "Shortlisted for the T.A.G. Hungerford 2014" -- Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000056973178
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 280 pages
- Isbn
- 9780994316745
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)934512687
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