Vietnam: The Heartland Remembers (INSCRIBED & SIGNED)

Beesley, Stanley W.

ISBN 10: 0806120622 / ISBN 13: 9780806120621

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 1987

About this Item

A significant copy as it is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by STAN BEESLEY, as well as contributors MELVIN WREN, JIM YEAROUT; and signed by MAX DIPPEL. Book is tight, bright and clean; dust jack tiny tears. A most compelling oral history from many Oklahoma Vietnam vets and their loved ones. First person accounts of combat.

Seller Inventory # 003518

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Vietnam: The Heartland Remembers (INSCRIBED & SIGNED)
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806120622
• ISBN 13: 9780806120621
• Binding: Hard Cover in Dust Jacket
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Men and women from all economic backgrounds and of all races present their own narratives concerning time served in the Vietnam War, detailing the combat, sacrifices, compassion, and courage they remember.

About the Author

Stanley W. Beesley, who was a Ranger team leader in Vietnam and twice was awarded the Bronze Star, teaches school in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Of the other contributors, whose accounts he compiled and edited, he says, -They opened up their souls and trusted me and let me carry their hearts around in my hands.-