Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet

Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam

On March 19, 1969, First Lieutenant Homer R. Steedly, Jr., shot and killed a North Vietnamese soldier, Dam, when they met on a jungle trail. Steedly took a diaryÂ—filled with beautiful line drawingsÂ—from the body of the dead soldier, which he subsequently sent to his mother for safekeeping. Thirty-five years later, Steedly rediscovers the forgotten dairy and begins to confront his suppressed memories of the war that defined his life, deciding to return to Viet Nam and meet the family of the man he killed to seek their forgiveness.
Fellow veteran and award-winning author Wayne Karlin accompanied Steedly on his remarkable journey. In Wandering Souls he recounts Homerâ€™s movement towards a recovery that could only come about through a confrontation with the ghosts of his pastÂ—and the need of Damâ€™s family to bring their childâ€™s Â“wandering soulâ€ to his own peace.
Wandering Souls limns the terrible price of war on soldiers and their loved ones, and reveals that we heal not by forgetting warâ€™s hard lessons, but by remembering its costs.
Country USA
Brand Bold Type Books
Manufacturer Bold Type Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 8-page b & w insert
ReleaseDate 2013-03-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781568587424

Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam