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 after Cacciato yet, but perhaps someday. Best, Tim.” O’Brien is referring to his acclaimed Vietnam War novel, Going After Cacciato. Fine without dust jacket as issued. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. Kennedy’s race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.

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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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Bookseller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13963E
Title: Speaking of Courage
Author: O’BRIEN, TIM
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Neville
Place of Publication: Santa Barbara
Date Published: 1980

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