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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir

Title
  1. The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.
Published by
  1. New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.
  2. ©2017
Supplementary content
  1. Pronunciation guide and teacher's guide
Author
  1. Bui, Thi

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Description
  1. 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
Summary
  1. The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
Subject
  1. Refugees
  2. Asian Americans
  3. Vietnamese Americans
  4. Medicine
  5. 1961-1975
  6. Vietnamese Americans > Comic books, strips, etc
  7. Refugees > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc
  8. Nonfiction comics
  9. History
  10. Asian Americans > History > Comic books, strips, etc
  11. Autobiographical comics
  12. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs
  13. Medicine > Comic books, strips, etc
  14. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives > Comic books, strips, etc
  15. COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS > Nonfiction
  16. Graphic novels
  17. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
  18. Comic books, strips, etc
  19. United States
  20. Bui, Thi > Comic books, strips, etc
  21. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration
Genre/Form
  1. Autobiographical comics.
  2. Comic books, strips, etc.
  3. Graphic novels.
  4. History.
  5. Nonfiction comics.
Contents
  1. Labor -- Rewind, reverse -- Home, the holding pen -- Blood and rice -- Either, or -- The chessboard -- Heroes and losers -- The shore -- Fire and ash -- Ebb and flow.
Call number
  1. JFE 17-1330
Note
  1. Chiefly illustrations.
Awards (note)
  1. Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017.
Author
  1. Bui, Thi, author, artist.
Title
  1. The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.
Publisher
  1. New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.
Copyright date
  1. ©2017
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Awards
  1. Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017.
Connect to:
  1. Pronunciation guide and teacher's guide
Chronological term
  1. 1961-1975
LCCN
  1. 2016940170
Other standard identifier
  1. 40027764714
ISBN
  1. 9781419718779 (hardcover)
  2. 1419718770 (hardcover)
  3. 9781419718786 (paperback)
  4. 1419718789 (paperback)
Research call number
  1. JFE 17-1330
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