A hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 1975 by Delacorte Press. It is here reprinted by arrangement with Delacorte.

NORTHERN LIGHTS. Copyright © 1975 by Tim O’Brien. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. For information, address Broadway Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

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First Broadway Books trade paperback edition published 1999.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
O’Brien, Tim, 1946–
   Northern lights / Tim O’Brien.
      p. cm.
     eISBN: 978-0-307-80818-9
     1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Veterans—Minnesota—Fiction.      2. Wilderness survival—Minnesota—Fiction. 3. Brothers—Minnesota—Fiction I. Title.
PS3565.B75N67 1999
813′.54—dc21

          99-28842

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