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The eagle on my arm : how the wilderness and birds of prey saved a veteran's life / Dava Guerin and Terry Bivens ; forewords by Jack E. Davis and Floyd Scholz. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guerin, Dava, author.
- Bivens, Terry, author.
- Series:
- American warriors.
- Kentucky scholarship online.
- American warriors
- Kentucky scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Disabled veterans.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Disabled veterans--Services for--United States.
- Animals--Therapeutic use.
- Animals.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Veterans--Mental health.
- Veterans.
- Falconers--Florida--Largo--Biography.
- Falconers.
- Avian Veteran Alliance.
- Bradley, Patrick Forrest, 1949-.
- Bradley, Patrick Forrest.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
- Summary:
- In October 1967, eighteen-year-old Patrick Bradley enlisted in the US Army and was later deployed to North Vietnam as a special operator with missions to kill high-value targets. Combat left him physically and psychologically wounded, as it does many veterans, and Bradley struggled to adjust when he returned home. He seemed destined for military prison after an altercation in which he broke a superior officer's jaw, but his life changed forever when a psychiatrist recommended a unique path for healing. Thanks to a programme sponsored by the Canadian government, Bradley travelled to Canada to study bald eagles and document their behaviour. He found himself recovering while living alone in the wild with minimal supplies or human contact. This book tells Bradley's inspirational story.
- Contents:
- The Unlikely Healer
- Prison or the Canadian Wilderness
- Survive or Die
- The Search for Peace and the Bald Eagle
- Back to Civilization
- From Reptiles to Red-Tailed Hawks
- Back to the Eagles
- Go West, Young Man
- The Short, Unhappy Life of a High Roller
- Carol
- The Art of Training Wild Animals
- PTSD Diagnosis
- Skyler's Demons
- Bay Pines VA Hospital's Gamble
- Avian Veteran Alliance Takes Flight
- Telia's Transformation
- Joe, the Combat Medic
- Steve Got His Wings
- Wild Birds in Captivity
- The Healing Power of Owls and Hawks
- A Star Is Born
- Love Birds That Met the President
- New Adventures.
- Notes:
- "An AUSA book."
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 1, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-8003-1
- 0-8131-8004-X
- OCLC:
- 1176193653
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