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Jill Owens: IMG Powells.com Interview: Luis Alberto Urrea

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luisalbertourreaLuis Alberto Urrea is a poet, novelist, journalist, and essayist who has been writing about the relationship between the United States and Mexico,... Continue »
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    Into the Beautiful North

    Luis Alberto Urrea
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Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam

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Publisher Comments:

The year is 1968. Like thousands of other American boys, Carl Melcher is drafted and sent to Vietnam. His new company is infected with the same racial tensions plaguing the nation. Despite that, Carl makes friends on both sides of the color line. The war, like a tiger lurking in the bushes, picks off its victims one by one. Naively over-optimistic, Carl believes that karma and good intentions will save him and his friends. Then fate intervenes to teach Carl something of the meaning of life, and death.

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The author deftly portrays an innocent abroad.
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About the Author

Paul Clayton was born in 1948, drafted in 1968, and sent to Vietnam in September of that year. He served with an infantry line company in the 4th Infantry Division in the Central Highlands of Pleiku Province. After the army, Clayton went to Temple University in Philadelphia where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1976. He currently lives and works in California.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312329037
Publisher:
Thomas Dunne Books
Location:
New York
Author:
Clayton, Paul
Subject:
War
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Americans
Subject:
Soldiers
Subject:
War stories
Subject:
Vietnamese Conflict, 19
Subject:
African American soldiers
Subject:
War & Military
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
I-129
Publication Date:
July 2004
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
197
Dimensions:
8.44x5.76x.81 in. .77 lbs.
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