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" The ghost soldiers : "
James Tate.
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BL
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1003042
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b757412
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| Main Entry
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Tate, James,1943-2015.
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| Title & Author
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The ghost soldiers : : poems /\ James Tate.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Ecco,, ©2008.
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| Page. NO
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217 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061436941
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: 0061756075
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: 9780061436949
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: 9780061756078
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| Contents
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Treason -- Human in shape -- Desperate talk -- The memory palace -- Plan B -- The lost tribe -- The new horses -- The native Americans -- Two visions -- Nothing is what it seems -- "Honey, can you hear me?" -- A boy and his cow -- Duct-tape celebration -- The wrong door -- The rules -- Abducted -- The government man -- The restorative -- The ghost soldiers -- Cricket cricket -- Father's Day -- Waylon's woman -- My cattle ranch -- Heather's men -- Uneasy about the sounds of some night-wandering animal -- Collect call from Nepal -- The midnight ride -- What I learned from the elves -- The horsemen -- Housefly -- Raking day -- Jan's scary novel -- Letzeburgesch -- Bona fides -- Help -- Spiderwebs -- The scarab -- Special operations -- The deep zone -- Behind the green door -- Dexter's long surveillance -- Blue Sunday -- The secret war -- The new mule -- Strictly forbidden -- The loser -- Laurel Hill -- Map of the lost world -- Reading the newspaper in the park -- The illegal picnic -- The Mask -- How I met Mary -- The gang of five -- Swordsfish for hire -- The bug's report -- Long live the queen -- The enemy -- Cleaning out the desk -- My brush with greatness -- National security -- How to be a member -- The underground -- To advance no farther into the rubble of the building -- The ice cream man -- The cowboy -- The land of the vapors -- The old soldiers -- The goldfinches -- The thinking cap -- Panda fever -- Mr. Nobody has left the planet -- Anton Fripps -- The assassin -- The blessing -- The quota -- Cherubic -- The underbelly -- The deep blue sea -- The package for Peter Haggerty -- The chosen one -- The nether world -- Billy -- The investigation -- Dustdevil -- Paradise -- The meeting with Oscar L'etolie -- Strategic intelligence for American world policy -- Liverpill -- Gipsy -- Terminix -- The Rosary -- The march -- The drive to heal -- The war next door.
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| Abstract
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A fifteenth collection of poems by American poet James Tate, featuring nearly one hundred selections that showcase his sense of the absurd.
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Boston Authors Club.
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American poetry-- 21st century.
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American poetry.
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| Dewey Classification
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811/.54
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PS3570.A8G48 2008
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