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Of Uncommon Birth - Dakota Sons in Vietnam (Paperback)
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Of Uncommon Birth - Dakota Sons in Vietnam (Paperback)
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A work of creative nonfiction inspired by the true story of two
South Dakota teenagers, Mark St. Pierre's Of Uncommon Birth draws
upon extensive interviews and exhaustive research in military
archives to present a harrowing story of two young men - one white,
one Indian - caught in the vortex of the Vietnam War. Dale, a young
middle-class white American from South Dakota, joins the army
during the Vietnam War and dreams of serving his country. Frank, a
young Lakota Indian, joins the army in an effort to flee the
seemingly inescapable circumstances of his life and to follow his
people's warrior tradition. Mark St. Pierre intimately weaves
together the lives of these two men from different worlds, as each
struggles with issues of loyalty, responsibility, sacrifice, and
personal identity through his experiences in Vietnam. Of Uncommon
Birth presents the ironic story of an American Indian soldier who
lets himself become stereotyped as the Native ""good luck charm,""
even if the brave Indian scout stereotype carries with it the smell
of death.
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