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Reconciliation road : a family odyssey

In his prize-winning memoir, Reconciliation Road, John Marshall recounts a road trip around America in search of the truth about his famous grandfather General S.L.A. (Slam) Marshall, author of Pork Chop Hill. In the process he comes to terms with his own past and that of others whose families were torn apart by the Vietnam War
eBook, English, 2000
1st University of Washington Press ed View all formats and editions
University of Washington Press, Seattle, Wash., 2000
Personal Narrative
1 online resource (xiii, 300 p.)
9780295800103, 0295800100
1298208943
Print version:
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Detroit Years
2. Setting Out in September
3. Liberating Paris
4. Under Fire
5. Military Heritage
6. El Paso Roots
7. Research Partners
8. Uncharted Territory
9. Across Texas
10. Return to Victory Drive
11. A Protégé's Allegations
12. Westy & Slam
13. Passing through Eden
14. The Demise of Coats & Ties
15. Rising Star
16. Tempting Trouble
17. Bedrock for a General
18. Elegy at the Wall
19. His Brother's Witness
20. Brothers in Conscience
21. In the Wake of the Six-Day War. 22. Questions of Fairness
23. Sunday in the Country
24. Eisenhower's Biographer
25. Days of Thanksgiving
26. The Wreath
27. Racing December
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author