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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir
- Title
- The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.
- Author
- Bui, Thi
- Publication
- New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.
- ©2017
- Supplementary Content
- Pronunciation guide and teacher's guide
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-1330 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Refugees
- Asian Americans
- Vietnamese Americans
- Bui, Thi
- United States
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Vietnamese Americans > Comic books, strips, etc
- COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS > Nonfiction
- Autobiographical comics
- Bui, Thi > Comic books, strips, etc
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Refugees > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc
- Nonfiction comics
- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration
- Graphic novels
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs
- Medicine > Comic books, strips, etc
- Asian Americans > History > Comic books, strips, etc
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives > Comic books, strips, etc
- 1961-1975
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographical comics.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Graphic novels.
- History.
- Nonfiction comics.
- Note
- Chiefly illustrations.
- Awards (note)
- Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017.
- Contents
- 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
- JFE 17-1330
- ISBN
- 9781419718779
- 1419718770
- 9781419718786
- 1419718789
- LCCN
- 2016940170
- 40027764714
- OCLC
- 947796066
- Author
- Bui, Thi, author, artist.
- Title
- The best we could do : an illustrated memoir / Thi Bui.
- Publisher
- New York : Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Awards
- Booklist Editor's Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults 2017; Nominations: National Book Critics Circle: Bio/Autobio Finalist 2017.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1961-1975
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40027764714
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1330