Monday, March 21, 2011

Vietnamerica: a family's journey



Author: Tran, G. B.(Gia-Bao), 1976-

Title: Vietnamerica: a family’s journey

Published: New York: Villard Books, 2010

Description: [279] p. :chiefly col. ill. ;  24 cm.

Call Number: E184 V53 T73 2010

Summary: A memoir in graphic novel format about the author’s experiences as the son of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to America during the fall of Saigon describes how he learned his tragic ancestral history and the impact of the Vietnam War on his family while visiting their homeland years later

Subject(s):
  • Tran, G. B. (Gia-Bao), 1976- -- Comic books, strips, etc
  • Tran, G. B. (Gia-Bao), 1976- -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc
  • Vietnamese Americans -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
  • Refugees -- Vietnam -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Refugees -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
Review(s):
  • Cornog, Martha. "Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey." Library Journal 136, no. 1 (January 2011): 71-72
  • "Vietnamerica: A Family's Journey." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 47 (November 29, 2010): 36
Read: March 19, 2011