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Synopsis
Since the war in Afghanistan began there have been “first person” books, movies, and memoirs galore about the intense experience on the ground, the political controversies, and the regrettable losses that go hand in hand with any war. Just to be clear about this; The Sands of Afghanistan by Charles McDonald Holt IS NOT THAT BOOK – not by a Texas mile! There are more than a few stories in this book that will frighten you, or bring a tear to your eye – but there are far more that will bring you make you gasp for air, and wipe away tears - of laughter.
This story of a good old boy from the South East Texas Piney Woods turned truck driver for the U.S. Military in Afghanistan, is told in a series of emails he sent home to family and friends to document his experiences as a “stranger in a strange land.” From stories of fallen comrade ceremonies, plumbing that is both primitive and mystifyingly complicated at the same time, to sharing his chicken dinner with the biggest Wasp he had ever seen: “He is as large as a Bumble Bee, the color of a Red Wasp, and his tail is black in color with a big yellow ring. He looked like a Hornet on steroids.” Holt, sees it all, and tells it all, and never loses his dry sense of humor. His stories have heart and humor, and he is also a truth-teller; a non-military man in the middle of a very military operation – it’s called war. War is never fun, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t be funny.
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Charles McDonald Holt was born and raised in South East Texas. He has driven trucks for a living for many years, and is currently working on a tug boat crew in South Texas, and happy to be back on American soil, all in one piece, swatting at bugs he recognizes that are not as big as his head.
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charles@afghanistan; Crazy Encounters From the Not-So Front Lines
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Vantage Point Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2011
ISBN 10: 193646702X
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Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vantage Point Books, New York. 2011. Mass Market paperback. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. No DJ. Pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not cracked or split. 167 pp. With remarkable insight and a down-home clarity about daily life in war-torn Afghanistan, a truck driver for the US Military shows that while war may never be fun, it doesn't mean that it cannot be funny. Told in a series of emails to his family the author recounts the many fascinating situations he endured while on his own personal tour of duty. A clean pristine copy. Seller Inventory # 001969
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