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REMF Bibliography

A Bibliography of Viet Nam War Literature

Compiled by David A. Willson with Nancy Kendall

Viet Nam War Novels K-L

Contents: Cartoons & Comics | Children's Literature | Drama | Graphic Novels | Miscellaneous | Novels | Poetry | Pornography | Proofs | Reviews | Screenplays | Short Stories


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  • Kaiko, Takeshi. Darkness in Summer (translated from the Japanese by Cecilia Segawa Seigle). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973 (1st American edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Kaiko, Takeshi. Into A Black Sun. [translated by Cecilia Segawa Seigle] Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, 1980 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket--printed in Japan)
  • Kaiko, Takeshi. Into a Black Sun. (translated by Cecilia Segawa Seigle) Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, 1980 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Kaiko, Takeshi. Into a Black Sun. (translated by Cecilia Segawa Seigle). New York: Kodansha International, 1983 (1st paperback edition, mass market paperback).
  • Kalb, Bernard & Marvin Kalb. The Last Ambassador. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1981 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Kalb, Bernard & Marvin Kalb. The Last Ambassador. New York: Charter Books, 1984, (c)1981 (mass market paperback).
  • Kalish, Robert. Bloodrun. New York: Avon, 1984 (mass market paperback).
  • Kalish, Robert. Bloodtide. New York: Avon, 1985 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Kane, Alex. The Shinglo. New York: Charter Books, 1989 (mass market paperback).["It came from the jungles of Vietnam. Savage. Demonic. Unstoppable..." --post Vietnam, with flashback sections in Vietnam during the war]
  • Kane, Rod. Veteran's Day: A Combat Odyssey.[see: Item 2859 in Miscellaneous]
  • Kaplan, Andrew. Dragon Fire. New York: Warner Books, 1987 (1st printing, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Karl, S.W. The Last Shall Be First. New York: Manor Books, 1978 (mass market paperback).
  • Karlin, Wayne. Lost Armies. New York: Henry Holt, 1988 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket)
  • Keeble, John. Broken Ground. New York: Harper & Row, 1987 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).[Vietnam Vet--flashbacks & hallucinations]
  • Keeley, Edmund. A Wilderness Called Peace. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. (cloth cover, dust jacket)
  • Keeley, Edmund. A Wilderness Called Peace. New York: Laurel Books (Dell), 1987, (c)1985 (mass market paperback).
  • Keene, John. Pettibone's Law. New York: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, 1991 (cloth cover, dust jacket).[the air war in Vietnam and its aftermath]
  • Kempley, Walter. The Invaders. New York: Saturday Review Press/E.P. Dutton, 1976 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Kempley, Walter. The Invaders. New York: Dell, 1979, (c)1976 (1st Dell printing, mass market paperback).
  • Kennedy, Adam. In a Far Country. New York: Dell, 1983 (1st Dell printing, mass market paperback).
  • Kilgore, Axel. They Call Me the Mercenary #4: The Opium Hunter. New York: Zebra Books, 1981 (mass market paperback).
  • Kim, Samuel. The American POWs. Boston: Branden Press, 1979 (trade paperback).
  • King, Melvin. Nature of the Beast. (Soldier of Fortune No. 8) New York: Tor Books, 1987 (1st printing, mass market paperback).[story begins in Vietnam]
  • Kingry, Philip. The Monk and the Marines. New York: Bantam, 1974 (mass market paperback).
  • Kingston, Maxine Hong. China Men. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 (1st edition, cloth cover).[includes chapter: "The Brother in Vietnam", pp.261-304]
  • Kingston, Maxine Hong. China Men. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 (1st edition, trade paperback).[includes chapter: "The Brother in Vietnam", pp.261-304]
  • Kingston, Maxine Hong. China Men. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981, (c)1980 (1st Ballantine Books edition, mass market paperback).[includes chapter: "The Brother in Vietnam", pp.261-305]
  • Kirkwood, James. Some Kind of Hero. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1975 (cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Kirkwood, James. Some Kind of Hero. New York: Signet (New American Library), 1976, (c)1975 (1st Signet printing, mass market paperback).
  • Klawitter, John. Crazyhead. New York: Ivy Books, 1990 (1st edition, mass market paperback).
  • Klose, Kevin & McCombs, Philip A. The Typhoon Shipments. New York: W.W. Norton, 1974 (cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Klose, Kevin & Philip A. McCombs. The Typhoon Shipments. New York: Pyramid Books, 1974 (mass market paperback).
  • Kohler, Vince. Rainy North Woods. New York: Pocket Books, 1990 (1st Pocket Books printing, mass market paperback).[murder mystery, Vietnam Vet hero, Vietnamese victim]
  • Kolpacoff, Victor. The Prisoners of Quai Dong. New York: New American Library, 1967 (1st printing, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Kolpacoff, Victor. The Prisoners of Quai Dong. New York: Signet/New American Library, 1968, (c)1967 (mass market paperback).
  • Koningsberger, Hans. The Revolutionary. New York: Popular Library, 1967 (mass market paperback).
  • Koningsberger, Hans. The Revolutionary. Middlesex, England, UK: Penguin, 1970, (c)1967 (mass market paperback).
  • Kovic, Ron. Around the World in Eight Days. San Francisco: City Lights, 1984 (trade paperback).
  • Krueger, Terry. Vectors. New York: Dell, 1984 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Kurtzman, Joel. Sweet Bobby. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).

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  • La Fountaine, George. The Long Walk. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986 (cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Lanh Ba. The Secret Diary of Ho Chi Minh's Daughter. New York: Lancer Books, 1968 (cloth cover, dust jacket).[Asian bootleg printing]
  • Lanh Ba. The Secret Diary of Ho Chi Minh's Daughter. New York: Lancer, 1968 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #1: Hanoi Hellground. New York: Zebra Books, 1983 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #2: Mekong Massacre. New York: Zebra Books, 1984, (c)1983 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. Black Eagles #2: Mekong Massacre. Toronto, Canada: General Paperbacks, 1983 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #3: Nightmare in Laos. New York: Zebra Books, 1984 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #4: Pungi Patrol. New York: Zebra Books, 1984 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #5: Saigon Slaughter. New York: Zebra Books, 1984 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #6: AK-47 Firefight. New York: Zebra Books, 1985 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #7: Beyond the DMZ. New York: Zebra Books, 1985 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #8: Boocoo Death. New York: Zebra Books, 1985 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #9: Bad Scene at Bong Son. New York: Zebra Books, 1986 (mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #10: Cambodia Kill-Zone. New York: Zebra Books, 1986 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #11: Duel on the Song Cai. New York: Zebra Books, 1987 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #12: Lord of Laos. New York: Zebra Books, 1987 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #13: Encore at Dien Bien Phu. New York: Zebra Books, 1987 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #14: Firestorm at Dong Nam. New York: Zebra Books, 1988 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #15: Ho's Hellhounds. New York: Zebra Books, 1988 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #16: Monsoon Hell Hole. New York: Zebra Books, 1988 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #17: Mau Len Death Zone. New York: Zebra Books, 1988 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #18--Durong Warriors. New York: Zebra Books, 1989 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #19--Hoa-Tien Killers. New York: Zebra Books, 1989 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lansing, John. The Black Eagles #20: Bo-Binh Commandos. New York: Zebra Books, 1990 (1st printing, mass market paperback).
  • Larson, Charles. The Chinese Game. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1969 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Larson, Charles. The Chinese Game. New York: Pocket Books, 1970, (c)1969 (mass market paperback).
  • Lartéguy, Jean. Presumed Dead (translated from the French by Leonard Mayhew). Boston: Little, Brown, 1976, 1973 (1st American edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Lartéguy, Jean. Yellow Fever. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1965 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Lartéguy, Jean. Yellow Fever. New York: Avon Books, 1967, (c)1965 (1st Avon printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lassiter, Adam. Dennison's War; Triangle. New York: Bantam Books, 1985 (mass market paperback).
  • Layne, McAvoy. How Audie Murphy Died in Vietnam. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1973 (mass market paperback).
  • Le Clézio, J.M.G. War. [translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor] New York: Atheneum, (c)1973, (c)1970 (1st American Edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • LeBaron, Charles. Fragments of Light. New York: St. Martin's/Marek, 1984 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).[large portion of story takes place in Cambodia during the war]
  • Lederer, William J. & Eugene Burdick. Sarkhan. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1965. (cloth cover, dust jacket)
  • Lederer, William J. & Eugene Burdick. Sarkhan. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1966 (1st Fawcett Crest printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lederer, William J. and Eugene Burdick. The Ugly American. New York: Fawcett Crest (Ballantine Books), 1985, (c)1958 (1st Ballantine Books edition, mass market paperback).
  • Lederer, William J. and Eugene Burdick. The Ugly American. New York: Crest Giant (Fawcett World Library), 1961, (c)1958 (4th Crest Printing, mass market paperback).
  • Lee, Larry. American Eagle; The Story of a Navajo Vietnam Veteran. Madrid, New Mexico: Packrat Press, 1977 (trade paperback).
  • Lee, Sam [Sam L. Pfiester]. The Perfect War. Georgetown, TX: Chengalera Press, 1990 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Lewis, Tom. Game of Honor. New York: Charter Books, 1986, (c)1982 (mass market paperback).
  • Lieb, Franklin Allen. The Fire Dream; The Epic Novel of Vietnam. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1989 (cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Leib, Franklin Allen. The Fire Dream; The Epic Novel of Vietnam. New York: Ivy Books (Ballantine), 1990, (c)1989 (1st Ballantine Books edition, mass market paperback).
  • Leib, Franklin Allen. Valley of the Shadow. New York: Ivy Books [Ballantine Books], 1992, (c)1991 (1st Ballantine Books edition, mass market paperback).
  • Linn, Bill. Missing in Action. New York: Avon Books, 1981 (mass market paperback).
  • Linn, Bill. Missing in Action. London: Sphere Books Ltd., 1983, (c)1981 (mass market paperback).
  • Linn, Edward & Pearl, Jack. Masque of Honor. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1969 (1st edition, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Linn, Edward & Pearl, Jack. Masque of Honor. New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1970, (c)1969 (mass market paperback).
  • Littell, Robert. Sweet Reason. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1974 (1st American Edition, 1st printing, cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Littell, Robert. Sweet Reason. New York: Popular Library, 1976, (c)1974 (mass market paperback).
  • Littell, Robert. Sweet Reason. New York: Bantam Books, 1986, (c)1974 (mass market paperback).
  • Little, Charles. The Bold and the Lonely. New York: Popular Library, 1966 (mass market paperback).
  • Little, Loyd. In the Village of the Man. New York: Viking Press, 1978 (cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Little, Loyd. In the Village of the Man. New York: Ivy Books, 1988, (c)1978 (1st Ballantine Books edition, mass market paperback).
  • Little, Loyd. Parthian Shot. New York: Viking Press, 1975 (cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Little, Loyd. Parthian Shot. New York: Ivy Books (Ballantine), 1987, (c)1975 (1st Ivy Books edition, mass market paperback).
  • Little, Loyd. Smokehouse Jam. New York: Available Press (Ballantine), 1989 (1st edition, trade paperback).[post-war novel, with many references to the war--Special Forces vet heads to the swamps of South Georgia]
  • Lliteras, D.S. In the Heart of Things. Norfolh, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing, 1992 ( [1st edition], trade paperback). [ includes short chapters dealing with Vietnam: "Interlude" and "The War" ]
  • Lockridge, Ernest. Prince Elmo's Fire. New York: Stein & Day, 1974 (cloth cover, dust jacket).
  • Lockridge, Ernest. Prince Elmo's Fire. New York: Pocket Books, 1975, (c)1974 (mass market paperback).
  • Long, Duncan. Night Stalkers. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 1990 (1st printing, mass market paperback).[post-war, Vietnam Vet--references to the war--secret airborne special forces team fight mercenaries on a Caribbean island republic]
  • Lopez, Hank. Afro-6. New York: Dell, 1969 (1st printing, mass market paperback).[includes chapter near the end of the book with many references to Vietnam--the Vietnam War comes home to the streets]
  • Loraine, Philip. Ask the Rattlesnake. Glasgow: Fontana Books (William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.), 1977, (c)1975 (mass market paperback).

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