On March 19, 1969, First Lieutenant Homer R. Steedly, Jr., shot and
killed a North Vietnamese soldier, Dam, when they met on a jungle
trail. Steedly took a diary--filled with beautiful line
drawings--from the body of the dead soldier, which he subsequently
sent to his mother for safekeeping. Thirty-five years later,
Steedly rediscovers the forgotten dairy and begins to confront his
suppressed memories of the war that defined his life, deciding to
return to Viet Nam and meet the family of the man he killed to seek
their forgiveness.
Fellow veteran and award-winning author Wayne Karlin accompanied
Steedly on his remarkable journey. In "Wandering Souls" he recounts
Homer's movement towards a recovery that could only come about
through a confrontation with the ghosts of his past--and the need
of Dam's family to bring their child's "wandering soul" to his own
peace.
"Wandering Souls" limns the terrible price of war on soldiers
and their loved ones, and reveals that we heal not by forgetting
war's hard lessons, but by remembering its costs.
General
| Imprint: |
Nation Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2013 |
| First published: |
March 2013 |
| Authors: |
Wayne Karlin
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
384 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-56858-742-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-56858-742-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781568587424 |
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