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Author:	Jedwin Smith	Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN-10:	0471467596	Category:	Biography & Memoir
ISBN-13:	9780471467595		--
Format:	Hardcover		--
Publication Year:	2005	Condition:	Good
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In this memoir, journalist Jedwin Smith tells of the devastating effect on his family of the death of his brother, PFC Jeffrey E. Smith, who was killed in action in Vietnam in March 1968. Although he was opposed to the war, Jeff had signed up for the Marines. Jedwin chronicles the deep loss felt by his parents, his siblings, and himself, and the price paid in self-destructive behavior, including alcoholism.
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Length:	241 pages
Height:	9.5 in.
Width:	6.3 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	16.8 oz.

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Advance Praise for Our Brother's Keeper "Beautifully written and extraordinarily poignant, Our Brother's Keeper is a Vietnam book like none other. The ghosts of Vietnam are finally starting to circle home, and this remarkable writer has given them voice with passion and resonance. I love Jedwin Smith's Fatal Treasure; Our Brother's Keeper is even closer to the heart." — Jeff Long, New York Times bestselling author of The Descent and The Reckoning "Our experience in Vietnam has been searingly recorded in both fiction and nonfiction, but no book about those years is quite like this one. Jedwin Smith's Our Brother's Keeper tells the story of one family that has lived with death by remembrance, and of a man who found redemption when he wanted revenge. It will break your heart, but change it, too." — Michael Skube, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in criticism "I read Our Brother's Keeper in the span of an evening and found it deeply affecting and totally enthralling. This book is a haunting, gut-wrenching, and ultimately redemptive journey through time and the human heart. Magnificent." —Jack Kerley, author of The Hundredth Man
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Jedwin Smith spent 30 years trying to repress all memories of his brother, Jeff, who was killed in Vietnam. But in <i>Our Brother’s Keeper</i> he tells what happens when the Internet brings him into contact with several of his brother’s old Marine buddies, including the guy who held Jeff in his arms as he died. First via e-mails, and then in person, Smith gets to know these men&mdash;all scarred by the past they shared. Together the author and his new friends make a pilgrimage to Vietnam, to visit the spot where Jeff died. In a remarkable twist, their Vietnamese guide turns out to be the former commander of the Viet Cong platoon responsible for the attack that killed Jeff. A powerful story of brotherhood, bravery and healing. (<i>Reader's Digest,</i> March 2005)

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Our Brother's Keeper: My Family's Journey through Vietnam to Hell and Back

Jedwin Smith

Book Notes:
Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
Jacket Condition:	Good

ISBN:	0471467596
Publication Date:	2005-03-16
Publisher:	Wiley

Pages:	256
Height:	1.0000 inches
Width:	6.2000 inches
Weight:	1.0500 pounds

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