Taps
a novel
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Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivetapsnovel00morr
- Internet Archivetapsnovel2001morr
- Internet Archivetapsnovel0000morr
- ISBN-100618098593
- ISBN-139780618098590
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- LibraryThing510496
- Library of Congress Control Number00068250
- OCLC Control Number45582587
- Better World Books9780618098590
- Open LibraryOL6796548M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3563.O8745 T36 2001
- LCCPS3563.O8745T36 2001
Description
"It is 1951 when sixteen-year-old Swayze Barksdale watches the young men of Fisk's Landing, Mississippi, march off to a faraway place called Korea. Too young to serve overseas, Swayze is soon called to unexpected duty at home: a local boy is an early casualty of the war, and Swayze is enlisted to play "Taps" at his graveside. Gradually, Swayze begins to pace his life around these all too frequent funerals, where his horn sounds the tragic note of the times.". "Still, life in Fisk's Landing goes on, with its comforting rhythms, hilarious mishaps, moments of pure joy. Young love blossoms, age-old hatreds flare. Eccentric characters help shepherd Swayze into adulthood and teach him what it means to be a patriot, a son, a lover, a friend. Ultimately, when "Taps" is played for someone he holds very dear, Swayze learns what it means to be a man."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
WE WERE flatland people, each of us in this little long-ago tale: Luke and Amanda and Durley, Georgia and Arch and myself, Potter and Godbold and all the others.
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