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 Noble County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But it is rare to find a first-person account from someone who endured this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a riveting story in his own words: 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. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty"--From publisher's web site
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8.5 hr.)
- Note
-
- Unabridged
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9781427202307
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But it is rare to find a first-person account from someone who endured this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a riveting story in his own words: 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. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty"--From publisher's web site
- Cataloging source
- SFR
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- SDB 68039
- Literary text for sound recordings
- autobiography
- PerformerNote
- Read by the author
- Label
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah
- Link
- Note
-
- Unabridged
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 6612329
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8.5 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781427202307
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Lccn
- 2007659485
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- s
- Other control number
- 9781427202307
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm86115005
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier, Ishmael Beah
- Link
- Note
-
- Unabridged
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 6612329
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 7 audio discs (8.5 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781427202307
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Lccn
- 2007659485
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- s
- Other control number
- 9781427202307
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm86115005
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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