American War
| Title | American War |
| Year for Search | 2017 |
| Authors | El Akkad, Omar(b. 1982) |
| Date Published | 2017 |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Canadian author, Egyptian author, Male author, Qatari author, US author |
| Annotation | The Second Civil War from 2074-2095 was followed by a decade-long pandemic/plague that, together, tore the U.S. apart. Southern states had seceded primarily because they objected to an act that outlawed the use of fossil fuels. The story is about a young girl born in a border area who is then forced into a northern refugee camp, with obvious parallels to today’s refugee camps, and is radicalized there. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1982) was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, lived in Canada from sixteen until recently, and currently lives in the U.S. |
| Full Text | 2017 El Akkad, Omar (b. 1982). American War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Public The Second Civil War from 2074-2095 was followed by a decade-long pandemic/plague that, together, tore the U.S. apart. Southern states had seceded primarily because they objected to an act that outlawed the use of fossil fuels. The story is about a young girl born in a border area who is then forced into a northern refugee camp, with obvious parallels to today’s refugee camps, and is radicalized there. The author was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, lived in Canada from sixteen until recently, and currently lives in the U.S. |
