Speaking Of Courage
by O'Brien, Tim
Speaking of Courage by Tim O’Brien, a postwar story about Vietnam, was written in 1975 at the request of and based on Norman Bowker, an American solider who was having difficulties with finding a meaningful use for his life after the war. O’Brien originally intended for the story to be a chapter of Going After Cacciato so, instead of using Norman Bowker’s name, the protagonist in the earliest versions of Speaking of Courage is named Paul Berlin like the novel's main character. The story has been revised and published in a number of places, appearing in various periodicals and anthologies with various textual variations. In 1990, a form of Speaking of Courage became one of twenty-two stories included in The Things They Carried, a sequence of interrelated stories that has been heralded as one of the finest volumes of fiction about the Vietnam War. In this version, the protagonist’s name is changed to Norman Bowker, after the story’s initial inspiration.
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Speaking of Courage was
first published as its own story in the Massachusetts Review during the summer
of 1976. In 1980, Neville Publishing put out the first edition of Speaking of
Courage in book form in 1980.
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Santa Barbara: Neville, 1980. First Edition. Of an edition of 300 numbered copies in cloth signed by the author, Tim O’Brien, this is a special copy printed “Presentation Copy” on the colophon and is signed by O’Brien. Additionally inscribed and signed by Tim O’Brien to fellow writer, Wayne Warga. Inscribed: “To Wayne Warga, With warm regards. Hollywood hasn’t gone… Read more about this item Item Price
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Santa Barbara: Neville, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slightest sunning to the spine, still easily fine without dustwrapper as issued. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author. A post-war story originally written as a chapter for *Going After Cacciato*. Item Price
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SANTA BARBARA: NEVILLE.. Fine. 1980. First Edition. SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies. About fine in green cloth, in the clear unprinted acetate wrapper which has a quarter-size chip at the upper righthand corner of front cover. (Tiny spot at top edge) A chapter from "Going After Cacciato" which was never incorporated into the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Santa Barbara: Neville, 1980. First Edition. One of 300 numbered copies in cloth signed by the author, Tim O’Brien. Fine without dust jacket as issued. Item Price
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Neville, 1980. Limited. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. #36/300cc. Signed by O'Brien. Covers sunned. Item Price
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Santa Barbara: Neville,, 1980.. First edition.. 20 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed cover and spine labels. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by O’Brien. A chapter intended for his novel GOING AFTER CACCIATO, but ending up having a life of its own as a separate story. Item Price
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Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Neville Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Very good clean tight limited copy 173/300 flat-signed on the limited edition page in the back. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
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Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.: Neville Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Very good clean tight limited copy 202/300 flat-signed on the limited edition page in the back. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
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