Good for One Ride - Softcover

McGinnis, Mr. Gary G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530481422 ISBN 13: 9781530481422

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

"I've read hundreds of books about that war and written several myself, but the one thing that most often eludes these stories, my own included, is the terrifying sense of anticipation that every soldier carries through every day and brings home to live with for the rest of his life. To feel that every second in a war zone holds the origin of your oblivion and to realize once you leave that you are living on time borrowed from corpses is emotionally exhausting and almost impossible to put into words. And yet, Gary McGinnis has managed to do just that with grace and lyricism and great honesty. His book, 'Good for One Ride' is a small book in terms of pages, but it is a huge story. If you read it, you will understand the scourge of post-traumatic stress disorder that curses combat veterans forever. This is an important work and only enhances the Vietnam War literature that has come before."-Jim McGarrah, author of "A Temporary Sort of Peace," winner 2010 Eric Hoffer Award

About this title

About the Author

Gary McGinnis served with the Army in the Tet Offensive in 1968 as a Water Purification Specialist attached to the Infantry. He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has received over ten years of therapy regarding war traumas. His perception of the war is drawn from mid-level combat, and prepares the reader to reflect on the psychological and spiritual aspects regarding the fragmentation of self relative to veterans from any war. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Anita.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1530481422
• ISBN 13: 9781530481422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216