To Any Soldier: A Novel of Vietnam Letters - Couverture souple

Quigg, Kathryn Watson; Hendricks, G.C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1491768738 ISBN 13 : 9781491768730

Editeur : iUniverse, 2015

Synopsis

"I could not put the book down and read it cover to cover in one sitting. Any veteran, spouse, or friend of a veteran, for or against our involvement in Vietnam, knows the importance of Mail Call." -Lt. Col. Jim Dyer, US Army, retired

In 1968 Jay Fox is a young marine attack pilot in Vietnam and Ashley Beth Justice is a college freshman in North Carolina when they meet each other by chance, through letters.

Ashley Beth, naive and totally separated from the Vietnam War, begins her letter-writing as a way to personally contribute to the war effort. Having recently moved away from her small hometown, she’s beginning to see the world from a new perspective.

Jay, in the midst of bombing runs each evening, has purposefully distanced himself from any close relationships, but there’s something about Ashley Beth’s innocent and forthright manner that compels him to answer her letters.

The reality of the war hits home for Ashley Beth when Jay describes his plane almost colliding with another after a dangerous bombing run. The stakes are higher now-the disagreements, more intense; the flirtations, more significant.

Even amid the bloodshed in Vietnam and the civil unrest at home, Jay and Ashley Beth dare to dream of a life together while struggling to understand the war and themselves in To Any Soldier.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"I could not put the book down and read it cover to cover in one sitting. Any veteran, spouse, or friend of a veteran, for or against our involvement in Vietnam, knows the importance of Mail Call." -Lt. Col. Jim Dyer, US Army, retired

In 1968 Jay Fox is a young marine attack pilot in Vietnam and Ashley Beth Justice is a college freshman in North Carolina when they meet each other by chance, through letters.

Ashley Beth, naive and totally separated from the Vietnam War, begins her letter-writing as a way to personally contribute to the war effort. Having recently moved away from her small hometown, she’s beginning to see the world from a new perspective.

Jay, in the midst of bombing runs each evening, has purposefully distanced himself from any close relationships, but there’s something about Ashley Beth’s innocent and forthright manner that compels him to answer her letters.

The reality of the war hits home for Ashley Beth when Jay describes his plane almost colliding with another after a dangerous bombing run. The stakes are higher now-the disagreements, more intense; the flirtations, more significant.

Even amid the bloodshed in Vietnam and the civil unrest at home, Jay and Ashley Beth dare to dream of a life together while struggling to understand the war and themselves in To Any Soldier.

Biographie de l'auteur

G. C. Hendricks, the critically acclaimed author of The Second War, is a decorated pilot who flew more than two hundred missions in Vietnam. He lives and works in Montana.

Kathryn Watson Quigg, an artist and writer who lives in North Carolina, has worked in mental health, and education, and was an elected member and chair of the Wake County Board of Education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1491768738
• ISBN 13: 9781491768730
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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