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    THREE HILLS

    AN IMPRINT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

    And the Sparrow Fell


    A Novel
    Robert J. Mrazek
    $26.95 | 272 pages | hardcover

    Vietnam-era story from acclaimed novelist,


    filmmaker, and Congressman

    And the Sparrow Fell is a coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop Bob Mrazek has a wonderful feel for
    of the Vietnam War. Former U.S. Congressman Robert J. Mrazek mood and character and time and place
    tells the story of a wealthy family on the north shore of Long Island all the ingredients that make his And the
    in the spring of 1967. Cornell undergraduate Rick Ledbetter goes Sparrow Fell such a compelling novel. It
    through a rocky journey of self-discovery as both his family and his grabbed me from the first page and kept
    country disintegrate around him. Rick is a young rake in the mold of getting deeper and more powerful.
    his father, Travis Ledbetter, a Medal of Honorwinning World War David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prizewinning
    II navy pilot. Rick has been accepted into the swift boat program at author of They Marched into Sunlight
    Naval Officer Candidate School and will be heading for combat in
    Vietnam. And the Sparrow Fell describes in touching
    detail the honorable wounds of war of
    Ricks brother Tom, also a Cornell undergraduate, is a young man those who fought to win and those who
    of true conscience who, because of his Christian faith, is morally op- fought to end the war in Vietnam. Bob
    posed to the war. He has rejected conscientious-objector status. Rick Mrazek lived much of what he has written,
    meets and falls in love with Kate Kurshan, who is Toms girlfriend. and his reflection is a timely reminder of
    She is also a Cornell student who opposes the war. Their three lives the meaning of honor and courage.
    intersect as Rick, who becomes a war hero, discovers the human cost Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from Illinois
    of war, while Tom, who has great moral courage, puts his life on the
    line in protest of the Vietnam War at a terrible personal cost.

    Robert J. Mrazek is a former Democratic member of the United


    States House of Representatives, the writer and co-director of the
    film The Congressman, and the author of nine books, including two
    award-winning nonfiction works and seven novels, the latest being
    The Bone Hunters and Valhalla.

    Save 30% Use code 09FLYER


    In the United States order online @ cornellpress.cornell.edu or call 800 848 6224
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