Why are we in Vietnam?

Description

Narrated by Ranald ("D.J.") Jethroe, Texas's most precocious teenager, on the eve of his departure to fight in Vietnam, this story of a hunting trip in Alaska is both brilliantly entertaining and profoundly thoughtful.

First Sentence

Well, now," said Mrs. Jethroe, the mother of this extraordinary late adolescent on the fast receding previous page, the one who calls himself D.J. (if you recalled) "well, now," said she, "what am I going to do with Ranald?

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Other Editions

• Why are we in Vietnam?G. P. Putnam's Sons1967-01-01
• Why are we in Vietnam?Putnam1967-01-01
• Why are we in Vietnam?G. P. Putnam's Sons1967-01-01
• Why are we in Vietnam?Putnam1967-01-01
• Why are we in Vietnam?Putnam1967-01-01
• Why are we in Vietnam?G. P. Putnam's Sons1968-05-01