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FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/17/01, 3:47 PM

I offered to forward this for a colleague at the state library - does this
plot description sound familiar to anyone?

This book was about a guy who had been in the Vietnam War and his group had
to clear out Vietcong tunnel systems. When he got back to the states he
created his own tunnel system under his hometown.

[She's] not real clear on the rest of the details except that he and some of
his friends had to save
the town from the "bad guys" using the tunnels.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 1/17/01, 4:06 PM

Thinking off the top of my head, there is a book by Norris Church Mailer, WINDCHILL SUMMER, which takes place during the late 60s. It features a guy who was in the VN war and was an expert at ferreting and clearing out the VC from their underground tunnels. There is a plot twist--CAUTION: SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK--about him and a cave but it really wasn't under the town and I can't remember if his idea was to clear out the bad guys.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org

>>> "Deborah T. Walsh" <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us> 01/17 3:34 PM >>>

I offered to forward this for a colleague at the state library - does this
plot description sound familiar to anyone?

This book was about a guy who had been in the Vietnam War and his group had
to clear out Vietcong tunnel systems. When he got back to the states he
created his own tunnel system under his hometown.

[She's] not real clear on the rest of the details except that he and some of
his friends had to save
the town from the "bad guys" using the tunnels.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us

FROM: Susan LaBelle <[removed]@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 1/17/01, 7:22 PM

This sounds a bit like a mystery by Michael Connelly, The Black Echo. The
main character was a "tunnel rat" in Vietnam... but this is the beginning
of a series... so maybe not.

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FROM: Ligonier Valley Library <[removed]@wpa.net>
REC'D: 1/17/01, 7:28 PM

Deborah:
I think this could be "Digger" by Joseph Flynn.

Janet Hudson
Ligonier Valley Library

"Deborah T. Walsh" wrote:

> I offered to forward this for a colleague at the state library - does this
> plot description sound familiar to anyone?
>
> This book was about a guy who had been in the Vietnam War and his group had
> to clear out Vietcong tunnel systems. When he got back to the states he
> created his own tunnel system under his hometown.
>
> [She's] not real clear on the rest of the details except that he and some of
> his friends had to save
> the town from the "bad guys" using the tunnels.
>
> Deborah T. Walsh
> Geneva Public Library District
> Geneva, IL
> [removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us
>
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FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/18/01, 12:57 PM

>I think this could be "Digger" by Joseph Flynn.
>
> Janet Hudson
> Ligonier Valley Library


My colleague just emailed me to confirm that the book she wanted was,
indeed, Digger. She also noted that she was trying to remember Michael Con?
whose protagonist was a famous artist - because she thought his books might
be relevant, so she appreciated that little memory boost too.

It never ceases to amaze me how intuitive some of what we end up doing
really is, and what fun it is to tease out all the associations for
ourselves and our patrons. Thanks to everyone who helped here.


Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us

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