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Availability:In StockContributor:Ron KovicPublish date:2016-07-04Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Akashic Books, Ltd.ISBN-13:9781617754692ISBN-10:1617754692UPC:9781617754692Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Social Activists, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCFP6CQ49T

"Classic and timeless!" --New York Times

"As relevant as ever, this book is an education. Ron is a true American, and his great heart and hard-won wisdom shine through these pages." --Oliver Stone, filmmaker

This New York Times best seller (more than one million copies sold), presented here in a special fortieth-anniversary edition with a brand-new foreword by Bruce Springsteen, details the...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Akashic Books, Ltd.ISBN-13:9781617754692ISBN-10:1617754692UPC:9781617754692Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Social Activists, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCFP6CQ49T
Ron Kovic served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He was paralyzed from his chest down in combat in 1968 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Along with Oliver Stone, Kovic was the coscreenwriter of the 1989 Academy Award-winning film based on Kovic's best-selling memoir Born on the Fourth of July (Tom Cruise stars in the role of Kovic in the film).
Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

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40th Anniversary Edition

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Ron Kovic

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Ron Kovic

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