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- catalog abstract ""The Dust of Life is a collection of vivid and devastating oral histories of Vietnamese Amerasians. Abandoned during the war by their American fathers, discriminated against by the victorious Communists, and ignored for many years by the American government, they endured life in impoverished Vietnam. Their stories are sad, sometimes tragic, but they are also testimonials to human resiliency."--BOOK JACKET. "Robert McKelvey is a former marine who served in Vietnam in the late 1960s. Now a child psychiatrist, he returned to Vietnam in 1990 to begin the long series of interviews that resulted in this book."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11355940.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""The Dust of Life is a collection of vivid and devastating oral histories of Vietnamese Amerasians. Abandoned during the war by their American fathers, discriminated against by the victorious Communists, and ignored for many years by the American government, they endured life in impoverished Vietnam. Their stories are sad, sometimes tragic, but they are also testimonials to human resiliency."--BOOK JACKET. "Robert McKelvey is a former marine who served in Vietnam in the late 1960s. Now a child psychiatrist, he returned to Vietnam in 1990 to begin the long series of interviews that resulted in this book."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Who are the Vietnamese Amerasians? -- Amerasians in Vietnam -- Growing up without a mother or father -- Prejudice and discrimination -- Adventurers and entrepreneurs -- Amerasians in the United States -- Adapting to life in the United States -- Expectations and later adjustment -- Disabled Amerasians -- Searching for father -- Conclusion.".
- catalog extent "xx, 135 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0295978252 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0295978368 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Seattle : University of Washington Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "305.8/0420597 21".
- catalog subject "Abandoned children Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "Amerasians United States.".
- catalog subject "Amerasians Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "Children of military personnel Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "DS556.45.A43 M35 1999".
- catalog subject "Vietnamese Americans.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Who are the Vietnamese Amerasians? -- Amerasians in Vietnam -- Growing up without a mother or father -- Prejudice and discrimination -- Adventurers and entrepreneurs -- Amerasians in the United States -- Adapting to life in the United States -- Expectations and later adjustment -- Disabled Amerasians -- Searching for father -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "The dust of life : America's children abandoned in Vietnam / Robert S. McKelvey.".
- catalog type "text".