Novel

The Private War of Corporal Henson by E. Michael Helms

August 18, 2014

No information is given about the author in E. Michael Helms' The Private War of Corporal Henson (Stairway Press, 267 pp., $17.95, paper), except that he wrote the war memoir,  The Proud Bastards .  The…

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Dirty Copper by Jim Northrup

July 28, 2014

The poet, novelist, storyteller, and columnist Jim Northrup's latest book is a short, fast-reading novel,  Dirty Copper (Fulcrum Publishing, 203 pp., $15.95). In it,  Northrup spins out the story of Luke Warmwater---the hero of his award-winning short story collection,…

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Silence is Broken by Susan S. Rosvall

July 23, 2014

Susan S. Rosvall's Silence is Broken  (Dog Ear Publishing, 284 pp., $16.95, paper) is a work of fiction, but is based on Rosvall’s brother’s life story. Rosvall’s brother was deployed to Vietnam in 1966 as…

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At the Altar of War by Alan Cutter

July 10, 2014

Alan Cutter grew up in a pastor’s family. He served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for five years. In late 1972, he was commissioned an Ensign and went to Vietnam where he worked in…

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The Shadow of Arms by Hwang Sok-Yong

June 13, 2014

I’ve read other novels dealing with the Republic of Korean troops and the Vietnam War. All were combat novels. Hwang Sok-Yong's The Shadow of Arms (Seven Stories, 576 pp., $14.95, paper), on the other hand,…

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Kickers by Patrick Lee

June 12, 2014

The cover of Patrick Lee's Kickers: A Novel of the Secret War (CreateSpace, 380 pp., $13.95, paper) depicts an airdrop In Laos. It shows a package, probably rice, dropping after having been booted out of a…

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The Enlisted Men’s Club by Gary Reilly

June 2, 2014

In my review of Gary Reilly’s five Asphalt Warrio r novels I lamented that his unpublished books based on his tour of duty in Vietnam still languished in his steamer trunk. I am happy to announce…

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Once Upon A Mulberry Field by C.L. Hoang

May 30, 2014

Nothing in the title of Once Upon A Mulberry Field by C.L. Hoang (Willow Stream, 392 pp., $15.95, paper) signals that this is a book dealing with the Vietnam War. Scrutiny of the cover reveals a…

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Drafted by Andrew Atherton

May 13, 2014

Andrew Atherton tells us that his book, Drafted: The Mostly True Tales of a Rear Echelon Mother Fu**er (Treehouse Publishing, 294 pp., $14.95, paper; $4.39, Kindle), is a novel. The pseudonymous Atherton was drafted and served…

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Chita Quest by Brinn Colenda

May 12, 2014

The publisher tells us that Chita Quest (Southern Yellow Pine Publishing, 288 pp., $14.95, paper) is a novel about “one man’s search for his POW/MIA father.”  Actually, two sons have serious involvement in this search for…

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