The thought of enlisting in the French Foreign Legion held a tantalizing allure for young nineteenth-century American boys in search of adventure. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, James O'Neill enlisted in the legion in 1887, at the age of twenty-seven. In 1890, deployed to Tonquin in French Indochina (more familiar today as Tonkin, Vietnam), O'Neill faced tropical heat, infectious disease, and sudden death. Like his contemporary Stephen Crane, O'Neill's ability to recount an engaging story and his keen sense for telling details provide a unique record of his time in this exotic world. In these thirteen ""tales,"" O'Neill shows- with surprising subtlety- that France's efforts to conquer and govern Indochina were foolhardy. Although the only American in his stories is the narrator, it is clear the tales are aimed at readers in the United States and intended to caution against the construction of empires abroad. Far from polemical tirades, these absorbing, unadorned stories read as remarkably contemporary in both style and substance. Historian Charles Royster provides a short biography of O'Neill and the text of two long-forgotten essays O'Neill published in magazines of the time, one a description of a Buddhist temple in Hanoi and the other an appreciation of the Hungarian novelist Maurus JA(3)kai. Whether read for historical value, literary merit, or political insights, Garrison Tales from Tonquin is a true discovery.

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THIS BOOK IS ACTUALLY TWO BOOKS, MEGS STORY THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES TO HELP HEAL A CHILD, NO TWO SITUATIONS WHERE THAT STORY IS USED WILL BE THE SAME.THERE ARE MILIONS AND MILLIONS OF SCENARIO'S FOR MEGS ABSOLUTLY WONDERFUL TREMENDOUS FANTASTIC DAY AND IT'S JOURNEY. I ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE BOOK FROM MY SPIRIT GUIDES/GOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEALING CHILDREN, IT CAN ONLY WORK IF IT'S TRIED THEN THERE IS THE MAIN BOOK, THE DEAFENING SILENCE, THE BLINKERED AND THE INTOLERANT WILL SEE IT AS AN ATTACK ON RELIGION OR RACE, WHICH IT CERTAINLY IS NOT. GODS PURPOSE IN THIS BOOK IS THAT PEOPLE TURN AWAY FROM THE IMAGINARY POWER OF THE POLITICIANS, AND THE FIRST STEP IS TO STOP EMPOWERING THEM WITH YOUR VOTE. THE NEXT STEP IS TO PERSONALLY WITHOUT THE AIDE OF ANY OTHER PERSON, ASK GOD TO BECOME A PART OF THEIR LIFE AND TO SHOW THEM WHERE GOD WANTS THEM TO BE, AND TO SHOW THEM HOW TO GET THERE. GOD MADE THIS AUTHOR REALISE THE TOTALITY OF GODS POWER BY LINKING A SPEEDING TICKET IN ARIZONA NEW YEARS EVE 1995 TO THE ATTACK ON TWIN TOWERS IN NEW YORK IN SEPTEMBER 2001. GOD ALLOWED TWIN TOWERS, THE UNITED STATES HAS TOTALLY MISREAD THE SITUATION. AND ALL THEIR REACTIONS SINCE HAVE BEEN BASED AROUND IGNORANCE OF THEIR NATIONS TRUE SITUATION AND GODS TRUE OPINION OF THEM, THE U.S.A. IS NOW EVEN FURTHER FROM WHERE THEY ARE MEANT TO BE. PEOPLE NEED TO FIND WHERE GOD WANTS THEM TO BE BEFORE THE FINANCIAL CRASH COMES THAT THE AUTHORS SPIRIT GUDES/GOD HAS WARNED IS COMING.

When therapist-in-training, James O'Neill, starts his placement at a therapy centre in West London, his first referral is Abraham, a silent and frightened young man in a tightly zipped, hooded anorak. After spending the majority of their initial sessions in silence, O'Neill gradually gains Abraham's trust and learns of the abuse and violence he was subjected to as a child that caused him to hide away from the world - barely sleeping, too frightened to get undressed and shower, anything that might make him that vulnerable. Over the many years they meet, Abraham's unfolding story and bravery inspires O'Neill to confront his own complicated past. Abraham's courage to stand up to, and become intimate with, his fears teaches O'Neill to do the same. Undressing is at once a case-history, a novella, and something more than either: a remarkable story of two people drawn to each other for different reasons, discovering through trust how redemptive therapy can be.

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