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The Father of All Things

A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam

A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam

By Tom Bissell

By Tom Bissell

By Tom Bissell

By Tom Bissell

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Part of Vintage Departures

Part of Vintage Departures

Category: Travel Writing

Category: Travel Writing

Paperback $14.95

Mar 11, 2008 | ISBN 9781400075430

Ebook $12.99

Mar 25, 2009 | ISBN 9780307523617

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    About The Father of All Things

    The Father of All Things is a riveting, haunting, and often hilarious account of a veteran and his son’s journey through Vietnam. As his father recounts his experiences as a soldier, including a near fatal injury, Tom Bissell weaves a larger history of the war and explores the controversies that still spark furious debate today. Blending history, memoir, and travelogue, The Father of All Things is a portrait of the war’s personal, political, and cultural impact from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the wake of the conflict. It is also a wise and revelatory book about the bond between fathers and sons.

    About The Father of All Things

    The Father of All Things is a riveting, haunting, and often hilarious account of a veteran and his son’s journey through Vietnam. As his father recounts his experiences as a soldier, including a near fatal injury, Tom Bissell weaves a larger history of the war and explores the controversies that still spark furious debate today. Blending history, memoir, and travelogue, The Father of All Things is a portrait of the war’s personal, political, and cultural impact from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the wake of the conflict. It is also a wise and revelatory book about the bond between fathers and sons.

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    About Tom Bissell

    TOM BISSELL was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in 1974. His short fiction has won two Pushcart Prizes and has been published in multiple editions of The Best American Series. He has also written eight works of nonfiction, including Apostle and… More about Tom Bissell

    About Tom Bissell

    TOM BISSELL was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in 1974. His short fiction has won two Pushcart Prizes and has been published in multiple editions of The Best American Series. He has also written eight works of nonfiction, including Apostle and… More about Tom Bissell

    Product Details

    Category: Travel Writing

    Paperback | $14.95
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 11, 2008 | 432 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400075430

    Category: Travel Writing

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 25, 2009 | 432 Pages | ISBN 9780307523617
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    Praise

    “Powerful. . .eloquent and in-depth. . . . The Father of All Things is a one-of-a-kind accomplishment.” —The Washington Post Book World

     

    “A fresh and comprehensive look at the Vietnam era. . . . Bissell’s powerful writing forces one to open one’s eyes and take in the enormity of the moral abyss.” —The San Francisco Chronicle

     

    “Beautifully written. . . .Tom Bissell is superb. His description of today’s Vietnam are breathtaking and deep.” —Los Angeles Times

     

    “Haunting . . . emotionally powerful. . . . Bissell brings a luminous prose style and, perhaps more important, a clear, fresh eye to events that many of us have allowed to slip into the infuriatingly painful past.” —The New York Times Book Review

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