Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace
The Resource Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace
Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace
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The item Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Georgetown Peabody Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Georgetown Peabody Library.
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- Summary
- Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier captured by the Germans, witnesses firebombing and destruction in Dresden. Launched in November, Dell's Kurt Vonnegut reissue program continues with one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 215 pages
- Note
- "A Laurel book."
- Isbn
- 9780812417753
- Label
- Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death
- Title
- Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade
- Title remainder
- a duty-dance with death
- Statement of responsibility
- by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace
- Title variation
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- Slaughterhouse-5
- Children's crusade
- Subject
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- Bombardment of Dresden (Germany : 1945)
- Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Germany -- Dresden
- Historical fiction
- History
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Space flight -- Fiction
- Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character)
- War fiction
- War stories
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- 1939-1945
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier captured by the Germans, witnesses firebombing and destruction in Dresden. Launched in November, Dell's Kurt Vonnegut reissue program continues with one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know
- Cataloging source
- OCO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Young Adult
- LC call number
- PS3572.O5
- LC item number
- S55 1991
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Soldiers
- Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Dresden (Germany)
- Space flight
- Bombardment of Dresden (Germany : 1945)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Soldiers
- Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character)
- Germany
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace
- Note
- "A Laurel book."
- 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
- 586651
- Dimensions
- 18 cm
- Extent
- 215 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812417753
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 586651
- (OCoLC)25219490
- (OCoLC)25219490
- Label
- Slaughterhouse-five, or, the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death, by Kurt Vonnegut, a fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod (and smoking too much), who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "the Florence of the Elbe, " a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace
- Note
- "A Laurel book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 586651
- Dimensions
- 18 cm
- Extent
- 215 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812417753
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 586651
- (OCoLC)25219490
- (OCoLC)25219490
Subject
- Bombardment of Dresden (Germany : 1945)
- Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Germany -- Dresden
- Historical fiction
- History
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Space flight -- Fiction
- Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character)
- War fiction
- War stories
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- 1939-1945
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