Gunning For Ho: Vietnam Stories (Western Literature Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0874173469 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fine lyric descriptions of the landscape's beauty ("diaphanous thermals shimmered where the sun bore down on the emerald paddies in the lowlands") make the carnage somehow unreal; yet "they measured days by casualties." A father in "A Return" grasps vainly for memories of his son, an MIA for 15 years, whose body is belatedly coming home. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. In the collection's finest piece, the harrowing novella "Tunnel Rat," talk in the jungle invariably centers on home. Who decides when a boy's world ends?" And a vet in "Plateau Lands," on the eve of being reunited with his handicapped 'Nam buddy, winner of
Gunning For Ho Tonja Page I read Gunning For Ho from a unique perspectiveI've known the author, H. Lee Barnes, for some twenty three years. I can truly say (and should, in honesty for this review) he is a rare jewel in my current group of lifetime friends. Butwhen I met him, he was impenetrably wrapped in the shield of his own personal darknes. MASTERFUL STORYTELLING Christina Corelli Don't let the simple cover of this book fool you. Don't shy away from this book because it is a book of war stories (as I was tempted to do, as my taste usually runs along a different venue). Anyone who appreciates beautifully written and compelling stories will enjoy this book. Within its pages are some of the most b. Charles M. Nobles said A Powerful Book. There are now well over 700 novels and short stories published about the Vietnam War. It seems that everyone that was ever involved, even peripherally, and a number who were not, in that tragic war has written a book. Most can be found, and deservedly so, on a remainder table in a used bookstore. However, every now an
He is a professor of English at the Community College of Southern Nevada. Lee Barnes's short stories have won the Willamette Fiction Award and the Arizona Authors Association Fiction Award, and his first collection of fiction was a finalist for the prestigious Stephen Turner Award sponsored by the Texas Institute of Letters. . H. This is his fourth book.Pratt served for more than twenty years in the U.S. Air Force
The characters reveal the many faces of war and the small tragedies as well as the large.. In this collection of short stories, former Green Beret Lee Barnes deals with the war itself and its aftermath, focusing on the human aspects of men in armed conflict and their families at home