Author: Albert French
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822958871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Patches of Fire is Albert French's deeply personal memoir of a young black man's Vietnam War experience. The trials of war, the struggles of a Vietnam veteran, and the ultimate redemption of a life filled with accomplishment are related with vivid detail.
Patches of Fire
Author: Albert French
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822958871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Patches of Fire is Albert French's deeply personal memoir of a young black man's Vietnam War experience. The trials of war, the struggles of a Vietnam veteran, and the ultimate redemption of a life filled with accomplishment are related with vivid detail.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780822958871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Patches of Fire is Albert French's deeply personal memoir of a young black man's Vietnam War experience. The trials of war, the struggles of a Vietnam veteran, and the ultimate redemption of a life filled with accomplishment are related with vivid detail.
Patches of Fire
Author: Albert French
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385483667
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Personal, lyrical, and extraordinary, "Patches of Fire is a memorable exploration of the black soldier's experience in Vietnam, the plight of the Vietnam veteran, and the redemptive power of writing. With the same passion for truth and stunning honesty that marks his highly acclaimed fiction, Albert French's remarkable memoir tells the story of a young man's encounter with a war and with deaths beyond his understanding; of his return to a country torn by racial unrest in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and of his painstaking efforts to defeat his inner demons and make a place for himself as a black man in white America. With a starkness tempered by humor, French brings to life the horrors of Vietnam, and recounts in compelling detail his uneasy tenure as a newspaper photographer, his heady days as publisher of his own magazine, his confrontations with the ghostly images of Vietnam that haunted his dreams--and the sense of renewal and purpose he achieved as a novelist.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385483667
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Personal, lyrical, and extraordinary, "Patches of Fire is a memorable exploration of the black soldier's experience in Vietnam, the plight of the Vietnam veteran, and the redemptive power of writing. With the same passion for truth and stunning honesty that marks his highly acclaimed fiction, Albert French's remarkable memoir tells the story of a young man's encounter with a war and with deaths beyond his understanding; of his return to a country torn by racial unrest in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and of his painstaking efforts to defeat his inner demons and make a place for himself as a black man in white America. With a starkness tempered by humor, French brings to life the horrors of Vietnam, and recounts in compelling detail his uneasy tenure as a newspaper photographer, his heady days as publisher of his own magazine, his confrontations with the ghostly images of Vietnam that haunted his dreams--and the sense of renewal and purpose he achieved as a novelist.
Fire Service Patches of Florida
Author: Leonard H Mowry
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781973721536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The representational badges of courage and honor worn throughout the world by firefighters of every nation, are but a token symbol of the bravery within each firefighter. You will find on these pages fascinating examples of fire service tradition which has been handed down through the ages. A select group of Florida fire service departments have been chosen for this first volume which takes a look at the tradition and symbolism of our shoulder patches. If you are a firefighter, this book is for you. If you collect fire department patches, all the more reason to include this document in your library.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781973721536
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The representational badges of courage and honor worn throughout the world by firefighters of every nation, are but a token symbol of the bravery within each firefighter. You will find on these pages fascinating examples of fire service tradition which has been handed down through the ages. A select group of Florida fire service departments have been chosen for this first volume which takes a look at the tradition and symbolism of our shoulder patches. If you are a firefighter, this book is for you. If you collect fire department patches, all the more reason to include this document in your library.
Boiler Maker
Author: Arthur H. Sherwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steam-boilers
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Steam-boilers
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Isle of Fire
Author: Christian A. Kull
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226461403
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Long considered both best friend and worst enemy to humankind, fire is at once creative and destructive. On the endangered tropical island of Madagascar, these two faces of fire have fueled a century-long conflict between rural farmers and island leaders. Based on detailed fieldwork in Malagasy villages and a thorough archival investigation, Isle of Fire offers a detailed analysis of why Madagascar has always been aflame, why it always will be aflame, and ultimately, as Christian Kull argues, why it should remain aflame.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226461403
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Long considered both best friend and worst enemy to humankind, fire is at once creative and destructive. On the endangered tropical island of Madagascar, these two faces of fire have fueled a century-long conflict between rural farmers and island leaders. Based on detailed fieldwork in Malagasy villages and a thorough archival investigation, Isle of Fire offers a detailed analysis of why Madagascar has always been aflame, why it always will be aflame, and ultimately, as Christian Kull argues, why it should remain aflame.
Power
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Engineering
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Fire Training Publications and Patches
Author: Virginia. Department of Fire Programs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire extinction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire extinction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Patches of Padang
Author: Freek Colombijn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Proceedings RMRS.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description