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I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir by Webb, James
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781476741154
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1476741158
ISBN-13
9781476741154
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201623792
Product Key Features
Book Title
I Heard My Country Calling : a Memoir
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Affairs & Administration, Military / Vietnam War, Military / General, Personal Memoirs, Military / United States, General, Literary, American / General, Political
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.6 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-007267
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
I Heard My Country Calling is emblematic of many other Americans' life stories, reflecting a sense of honor and patriotism that thankfully knows no generational bounds., The sweep of this wonderful book makes it the alpha and omega of the Cold War's truest children. It begins with pride and patriotism that comes from living with warrior fathers and ends with illusion dispelled by a bloody little war in Vietnam. It's a brilliant personal recollection that also brings alive a forgotten period of American history., "Webb writes not only of his life but also, of course, the forces and people who shaped him. He describes his memoir as "a love story - love of family, love of country, love of service" - and he supports those words with the candor and grace of this readable and revealing memoir.", I Heard My Country Calling rings with unvarnished dictums . . . Without flinching, he tells us of the grisliness and heroism he witnessed as a Marine in Vietnam. . . . his narrative offers an inside, no-punches-held look at the life of a man to whom independence was more important than money or power. . . . riveting., "A fascinating account of [Webb's] early life. . . . anintensely personal narrative that traces his development from sometime-studentto Naval Academy Midshipman, Marine officer, novelist, and political figure. .. . Fellow military brats will take particular delight in his description oftaking to the road with an impatient father and three siblings jammed into an automobile'sback seat . . . Webb's wonderfully written book is more than a personalaccount; it is the story of a patriotic American who "heard his country calling."
Dewey Decimal
328.73/092 B
Synopsis
In this brilliantly received memoir, former senator James Webb has outdone himself. It is rare in America that one individual is recognized for the highest levels of combat valor, as a respected member of the literary and journalistic world, and as a blunt-spoken leader in national politics. In this extraordinary memoir, Webb writes vividly about the early years that shaped such a remarkable personal journey. Webb's mother grew up in the poverty-stricken cotton fields of East Arkansas. His father and lifetime hero was the first in many generations of Webbs, whose roots are in Appalachia, to finish high school. He flew bombers in World War II and cargo planes in the Berlin Airlift, graduated from college in middle age, and became an expert in the nation's most advanced weaponry. Webb's account of his childhood is a tremendous American saga as the family endures the constant moves and challenges of the rarely examined post-World War II military, with a stern but emotionally invested father, a loving mother who had borne four children by the age of twenty-four, a granite-like grandmother who held the family together during his father's frequent deployments, and a rich assortment of aunts, siblings, and cousins. Webb tells of his four years at Annapolis in a voice that is painfully honest but in the end triumphant. His description of Vietnam's most brutal battlefields breaks new literary ground. One of the most highly decorated combat Marines of that war, he is a respected expert on the history and conduct of the war. Webb's novelist's eyes and ears invest this work with remarkable power, whether he is describing the resiliency that grew from constant relocations during his childhood, the longing for his absent father, his poignant good-bye to his parents as he leaves for Vietnam, his role as a twenty-three-year-old lieutenant through months of constant combat, or his election to the Senate, where he was a leader on national defense, foreign policy, and economic fairness. This is a life that could happen only in America.
LC Classification Number
E840.8.W395A3 2014
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