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The land I lost : adventures of a boy in Vietnam / by Huynh Quang Nhuong ; with pictures by Vo-Dinh Mai.

Van Pelt Library DS559.92.C46 H88 1986
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Huynh, Quang Nhuong.
Contributor:
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Vo-Dinh, Mai, 1933-2009, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Huynh, Quang Nhuong.
Central Highlands (Vietnam)--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Central Highlands (Vietnam).
Central Highlands (Vietnam)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Central Highlands (Vietnam)--Biography.
Vietnam--Central Highlands.
Huynh, Quang Nhuong--Juvenile literature.
Manners and customs.
Genre:
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Literature.
Biography.
Physical Description:
127 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition:
First Harper Trophy edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : HarperTrophy, [1986]
Summary:
A collection of personal reminiscences of the author's youth in a hamlet on the central highlands of Vietnam.
Contents:
Tank, the water buffalo
My cousin
The lone wild hog
Mister Short
River creatures
The horse snake
Opera, karate, and bandits
So close
Little altar on the roadside
The hero
The monkey and the old lady
What can you do with a monkey?
The 'unfaithful birds'
The two-steps snake
Sorrow.
ISBN:
0064401839
9780064401838
OCLC:
15188434

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