| #1961814 in Books | 2006-04-18 | 2006-04-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.62 x6.04l,.82 | File type: PDF | 278 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Deeply personal, probably controversial, a fine and eloquent memoir|By Timothy J. Bazzett|FATHER SOLDIER SON: MEMOIR OF A PLATOON LEADER IN VIETNAM, by Nathaniel Tripp.
I have probably read a score or more of Vietnam war memoirs, some good, some not so good. But Tripp's is unique, both for its eloquence and for the family and emotional baggage he brings to his story.|.com |A beautifully written book and a stunning achievement. Thanks to Nathaniel Tripp's extraordinary depiction of war in Vietnam, based on his own experiences, I finally understand what it was like to fight there. Here is the savagery, the terrible anxiety,
Nathaniel Tripp grew up fatherless in a house full of women, and he arrived in Vietnam as a just-promoted second lieutenant in the summer of 1968 with no memory of a man’s example to guide and sustain him. The father missing from Tripp’s life had gone off to war as well, in the navy in World War II, but the terrors were too much for him, he disgraced himself, and after the war ended he could not bring himself to return to his wife and young son. Tripp tells o...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Father, Soldier, Son: Memoir of a Platoon Leader In Vietnam | Nathaniel Tripp. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
