Reconciliation road : a family odyssey / John Douglas Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, John Douglas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marshall, John Douglas.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Washington Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his prize-winning memoir, Reconciliation Road, John Marshall recounts a road trip around America in search of the truth about his famous grandfather General S. L. A. (Slam) Marshall, author of Pork Chop Hill. In the process he comes to terms with his own past and that of others whose families were torn apart by the Vietnam War.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Detroit Years

2. Setting Out in September

3. Liberating Paris

4. Under Fire

5. Military Heritage

6. El Paso Roots

7. Research Partners

8. Uncharted Territory

9. Across Texas

10. Return to Victory Drive

11. A Protégé's Allegations

12. Westy &amp

Slam

13. Passing through Eden

14.The Demise of Coats &amp

Ties

15. Rising Star

16. Tempting Trouble

17. Bedrock for a General

18. Elegy at the Wall

19. His Brother's Witness

20. Brothers in Conscience

21. In the Wake of the Six-Day War

22. Questions of Fairness

23. Sunday in the Country

24. Eisenhower's Biographer

25. Days of Thanksgiving

26. The Wreath

27. Racing December

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-300).

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ISBN:

9780295800103

0295800100

OCLC:

701103542