... of War John Armstrong supposedly reacted to the news that cadets were reading history by declaring: “Such books as Gibbon are luxuries of leisure, the mushrooms and truffles of literary sensualists.” Armstrong's 74 SOLDIER'S HEART.
David French’s award-winning and ongoing dramatic cycle about the Mercer family, both in their native Newfoundland and later, as participants in the great outport clearances, relocated in Toronto, has become...
A West Point English professor discusses teaching literature to young men and women preparing for war, describing the changes that have occurred since September 11, what it means to be a civilian teaching at a military academy, and what ...
Waiting for death. And Charley learned: This is how it's done. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different. He was only nineteen, but he was a man said to have "soldier's heart".
In this captivating tale Paulsen vividly shows readers the turmoil of war through one boy's eyes and one boy's heart, and gives a voice to all the anonymous young men who fought in the Civil War.
Even though Tyler’s work has an accessible, homemade feel (the organizing metaphor of the book is a photo album with “snapshots” of Tyler family life), You’ll Never Know is a sophisticated graphic work about war, love, and loss.
This book is possibly the most honest inquiry of war and its consequent trauma ever written by a combat soldier. Burkins, a former Green Beret, writes with the emotional firepower of an automatic weapon.
An ear to those to know they area not alone. Courage so others can speak up and to let others feel less burdened. This book is filled with personal stories, poems, images, of my experience and others who have been through this.
Soldier's Heart: Close-up Today with PTSD in Vietnam Veterans
Especially in light of service men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan affected by PTSD, the focus here is on an intimate understanding of the longterm effects of combat via the stories of five still-suffering Vietnam veterans, ...
A Special Forces soldier, working in a secret organization, leads tribal warriors in a war in South East Asia.
Jeremiah Jones is a man haunted by the horrors of war.
A single mother attempts to uncover and re-tell her father's experiences as a soldier in World War II while reconciling her relationship with him as well as her personal life.
Novel-Ties study guides contain reproducible pages in a chapter by chapter format to accompany a work of literature of the same title.
A novel for secondary school English classes with great writing and important themes.
Soldier's Heart: Response Journal
Don't miss the book legendary Western bestseller Dusty Richards calls, "...a gut-wrenching tale as taut and powerful as Charles Portis's TRUE GRIT."
Before heading off to war in Iraq, Casey Johnson neatly organizes her life into a box of lists, envelopes, and registration forms for her son's activities.