Seattle Rep's LAST OF THE BOYS: Beyond the Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents LAST OF THE BOYS by Steven Dietz from January 18 to February 19, 2019. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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The Sorrow of War
Soldier Kien’s postwar experience is haunted by “a parade of horrific memories” in this powerful novel, the first published about the war from the North Vietnamese perspective.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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The Things They Carried
This collection of short stories about a platoon of soldiers is a classic work of Vietnam War fiction.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The Vietnam War
With your library card and PIN, view Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s acclaimed 10-part, 18-hour PBS documentary on streaming video from Kanopy. It’s also available from the Library on DVD and via Access Video.
Format: Streaming Video
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The Vietnam War
The soundtrack to Burns and Novick’s The Vietnam War documentary captures the sound of the era, with artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Nina Simone to Merle Haggard.
Format: Music CD
Availability: All copies in use
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Enduring Vietnam
Using historical scholarship and interviews with 160 ground combat veterans and family members, Wright builds a portrait of the baby boomer generation who served.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Seattle Rep's LAST OF THE BOYS website
Ben lives off-the-grid in his trailer in the California Central Valley, haunted by the memories of his service during the Vietnam War. His self-imposed exile is disrupted by the arrival of Ben’s old war buddy, Jeeter, with his girlfriend and her volatile mother in tow. Intimate, funny, and fierce, LAST OF THE BOYS by renowned Seattle playwright Steven Dietz delves into a veteran’s struggle to understand his troubled past, which threatens to swallow him whole.
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