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Patches of Fire is Albert French’s deeply personal memoir of a young black man’s Vietnam War experience. He is witness to death and hardship beyond his reasoning, and returns home only to find an America rife with racial tension after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. In an atmosphere of hatred for the war and its participants, French labors to overcome the haunting images of war that plague him, and to make his way in white America. He finds work as a newspaper photographer, then as a magazine publisher, and finally as a critically acclaimed novelist. French relates with vivid detail the trials of war, the struggles of a Vietnam veteran, and the ultimate redemption of a life filled with accomplishment.
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"An extraordinary memoir. Its vivid imagery has readers crouching with [Albert French] in foxholes and crawling on the wet, muddy ground during battle. We sense his fear and cheer his courage."--USA Today
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"Searingly honest . . . a classic tale."--New York Times Book Review
"With meticulous attention to detail and writing that is graceful and funny, French brings you inside the war . . . haunting."--Boston Globe
"Speaks not only to the desolation that scorches one's soul but also to the passions that rekindle it. French reveals that there are times to desperately, but joyfully, cling to life."--Emerge
"The war in Vietnam has always seemed more elusive than any other conflict in the nation's history, which is why only a few writers-Michael Herr and Tim O'Brien chief among them-have been successful at conveying its horrible chaos. Now we can add Albert French to the short list."--San Francisco Chronicle
Albert French served in the U.S. Marines as an infantryman during the Vietnam War. After the service, he taught himself photography and worked as a medical photographer and a photojournalist. He is the author of Billy, Holly, and I Can’t Wait on God.
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- PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0822958872
- ISBN 13 9780822958871
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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