The Resource A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah
A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah
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The item A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
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- Summary
- This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now 25 years old, tells how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First pbk. edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Note
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- "Sarah Crichton books."
- Originally published in hardcover: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007
- Isbn
- 9780374706524
- Link
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- Label
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
- Title
- A long way gone
- Title remainder
- memoirs of a boy soldier
- Statement of responsibility
- Ishmael Beah
- Subject
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- Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
- Biographies
- trueChild soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography
- Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
- trueElectronic books
- History
- Personal narratives
- Sierra Leone
- trueSierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Participation, Juvenile
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives
- trueSierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
- Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
- Since 1961
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now 25 years old, tells how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1980-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beah, Ishmael
- Dewey number
- 966.404
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DT516.828.B43
- LC item number
- A3 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Beah, Ishmael
- Beah, Ishmael
- Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
- Child soldiers
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone
- Label
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah
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- Note
-
- "Sarah Crichton books."
- Originally published in hardcover: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First pbk. edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780374706524
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- map.
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- Quality assurance targets
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- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- 2020598
- (OCoLC)861522362
- (OCoLC)ocn861522362
- 2020598
- Label
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah
- Link
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- Note
-
- "Sarah Crichton books."
- Originally published in hardcover: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First pbk. edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780374706524
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- map.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 941116a9-7f59-47bd-924b-2a60acd27bd7
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- 2020598
- (OCoLC)861522362
- (OCoLC)ocn861522362
- 2020598
Subject
- Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
- Biographies
- trueChild soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography
- Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002)
- trueElectronic books
- History
- Personal narratives
- Sierra Leone
- trueSierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Participation, Juvenile
- Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives
- trueSierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
- Beah, Ishmael, 1980-
- Since 1961
Genre
Included in
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2007
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2007
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2008
- trueYALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Hard Knock Life (2010)
- trueAlex Award: 2008
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Nonfiction for Young Adults: 2007
Library Locations
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