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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Fiction |
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Call Number:
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F Landers |
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Author:
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Landers, Kirk |
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Title:
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Alone on the Shield |
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Remainder of title:
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a novel |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"I hope you get drafted, I hope you go to Vietnam, I hope you get shot, and I hope you die there. Those words, spoken in the anger of youth, marked the end of the torrid 1960s college romance of Annette DuBose and Gabe Pender. She would marry a fellow antiwar activist and end up immigrating to Canada. He would fight in Vietnam and come home to build an American dream kind of life--a great career, a trophy wife, and a life of wealth and privilege. Forty years later, they have reconnected and discovered a shared passion: solo canoeing in Ontario's raw Quetico wilderness. They decide to meet again to get caught up on old times, but not in a restaurant or coffee shop--they agree to meet on an island deep in the Quetico wilds. Though they try to control their expectations for the rendezvous, they both approach the island with a growing realization of the emotional void in their lives and wonder how different everything might have been if they had spent their lives together. They must overcome challenges just to reach the island, then encounter the greatest challenges of all--each other, and a weather event for the ages. Alone on the Shield is a story about the Vietnam War and the things that connect us. It is the story of aging Baby Boomers, of the rare kinds of people who paddle alone into the wilderness, and of the kind of adventure that comes only to the bold and the brave"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781613739914 (paperback) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-cn--- |
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Classification number:
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PS3612.A547744 |
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Item number:
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A46 2018 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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813/.6 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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FIC000000 |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Kirk Landers. |
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Place of publication:
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Chicago, IL |
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Name of publisher:
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Academy Chicago Publishers |
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Date of publication:
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2017 |
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Projected publication date:
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1711 |
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Chicago, Illinois : |
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Chicago Review Press, |
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2018. |
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Extent:
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372 p.; 22 cm. |
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Other physical details:
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map |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 11/20/2017 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 15.99 |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Man-woman relationships |
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Subject:
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Baby boom generation |
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Subject:
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FICTION / General. |
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Subject:
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Canada-Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Canada |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Romance fiction. |
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Main entry heading:
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Landers, Kirk, author. |
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Place, publisher, and date of publication:
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Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2018 |
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Display text:
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Online version: |
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Title:
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Alone on the Shield |
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Record control number:
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(DLC) 2017022652 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781613739921 |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk26 2017-04-03 |
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xk26 2017-04-03 ONIX to xk13 for review; xk13 2017-05-03 (review recd 2017-05-03); to CIP (auto-dewey) |
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Lindsey Schauer; phone: 312-337-0747; email: lschauer@chicagoreviewpress.com; bc: elewis@chicagoreviewpress.com |
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49039 |
F Landers |
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