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The Nam legacy : a novel / Carole Brungar.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Return to Nam ; 1Publisher: New Zealand : Carole Brungar Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 445 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780473395209
  • 0473395207
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "The Nam Legacy is an epic love story set during the 60's and 70's. When the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane drove parents crazy, teenagers found sexual freedom and peace slogans covered placards. When the Vietnam War abducted the nation's young men and sent them to fight in New Zealand's most controversial campaign. After eighteen months in Vietnam, New Zealand soldier Jack Coles thought killing others to stay alive would be the hardest thing he would ever have to live with. He was wrong. Although the nightmare of what he saw and did haunt him constantly, what tortures him the most is what he left behind"--Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Fiction Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection Fiction Collection BRUN Available T00625077
Fiction Hakeke Street Library Fiction Collection (New) Fiction Collection (New) BRUN Checked out 01/04/2024 T00869747
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Nam Legacy is an epic love story set during the '60s and '70s. When the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane drove parents crazy, teenagers found sexual freedom and peace slogans covered placards. When Vietnam abducted the nation's young men and sent them to fight in New Zealand's most controversial campaign. After 18 months in Vietnam, New Zealand soldier Jack Coles thought killing others to stay alive would be the hardest thing he would ever have to live with. He was wrong. Although the nightmare of what he saw and did haunts him constantly, what tortures him the most is what he has left behind.

"The Nam Legacy is an epic love story set during the 60's and 70's. When the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane drove parents crazy, teenagers found sexual freedom and peace slogans covered placards. When the Vietnam War abducted the nation's young men and sent them to fight in New Zealand's most controversial campaign. After eighteen months in Vietnam, New Zealand soldier Jack Coles thought killing others to stay alive would be the hardest thing he would ever have to live with. He was wrong. Although the nightmare of what he saw and did haunt him constantly, what tortures him the most is what he left behind"--Back cover.

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