The Resource Alone on the Shield : a novel, Kirk Landers
Alone on the Shield : a novel, Kirk Landers
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Alone on the Shield : a novel
- Title
- Alone on the Shield
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Kirk Landers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Landers, Kirk
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3612.A547744
- LC item number
- A46 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Man-woman relationships
- Baby boom generation
- FICTION / General
- Baby boom generation
- Man-woman relationships
- Canada
- Label
- Alone on the Shield : a novel, Kirk Landers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985603752
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613739914
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2017001440
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985603752
- Label
- Alone on the Shield : a novel, Kirk Landers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985603752
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9781613739914
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2017001440
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985603752
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