Retrieving bones : stories and poems of the Korean War

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Retrieving bones : stories and poems of the Korean War

edited and with an introduction by W.D. Ehrhart and Philip K. Jason

Rutgers University Press, c1999

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes works for further study (p. 205-214)

Contents of Works

  • Rice / Henry Steiner
  • A long way from home / Vern Sneider
  • We build churches, inc / James Lee Burke
  • Cold day, cold fear / Eugene Burdick
  • The trapped battalion / William Chamberlain
  • Hoengsong (from The useless servants) / Rolando Hinojosa
  • Lost soldier / Stanford Whitmore
  • Sailors at their mourning : a memory / John Deck
  • Graves / Mark Power
  • Indigenous girls / Donald R. Depew
  • A matter of price / Robert O. Bowen
  • From The secret / James Drought
  • Soldier's leave / William Childress
  • Korea bound, 1952 / William Childress
  • Letter home / William Childress
  • The soldiers / William Childress
  • Shellshock / William Childress
  • Combat iambic / William Childress
  • Trying to remember people I never really knew / William Childress
  • Burning the years / William Childress
  • The long march / William Childress
  • The eighth army at Chongchon / Rolando Hinojosa
  • The January-May 1951 slaughter / Rolando Hinojosa
  • Night burial details / Rolando Hinojosa
  • Jacob Mosqueda wrestles with the angels / Rolando Hinojosa
  • A matter of supplies / Rolando Hinojosa
  • Native son home from Asia / Rolando Hinojosa
  • The man without a face / James Magner, Jr
  • Zero minus one minute / James Magner, Jr
  • Repository / James Magner, Jr
  • Re-runs / Reg Saner
  • They said / Reg Saner
  • Flag memoir / Reg Saner
  • Korea 1953 / William Wantling
  • The Korean / William Wantling
  • Without laying claim / William Wantling
  • I remember / William Wantling
  • Pusan liberty / William Wantling
  • Sure / William Wantling
  • The day the dam burst / William Wantling
  • The awakening / William Wantling
  • The captain / Keith Wilson
  • ... ganz in Waffen / Keith Wilson
  • Guerilla camp / Keith Wilson
  • The circle / Keith Wilson
  • The girl / Keith Wilson
  • Waterfront bars / Keith Wilson
  • December, 1952 / Keith Wilson
  • Commentary / Keith Wilson
  • The ex-officer, navy / Keith Wilson
  • Memory of a victory / Keith Wilson

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780813526386

Description

The Korean War was a major event in American history. It marked an abrupt end to the euphoria Americans felt in the wake of victory in World War II and turned out to be the harbinger of disaster in Vietnam a decade later. Yet the Korean War has been neglected by historians and mostly overlooked by American popular culture. Though three years of brutal fighting resulted in millions of casualties, those who fought returned to a country whose citizens had little interest in or appreciation for what the veterans had endured. Consequently, literary responses to the Korean War did not find an eager readership. Few people, it seemed, wanted to read about what they perceived as a backwater war that possessed neither grand scale not apparent nobility, a war that ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. Yet a body of work has come out of the Korean War that is worth retaining, reading and considering, especially as the 50th anniversary of the war's outbreak rapidly approaches. Many of the 12 stories and 50 poems included in "Retrieving Bones" are long out of print. Also included are an annotated list of novels, non-fiction and films; a chronology of the Korean War; and a comprehensive introduction that discusses the major milestones of the conflict and places each author and poet in an historical and literary context.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780813526393

Description

The Korean War was a major event in American history. It marked an abrupt end to the euphoria Americans felt in the wake of victory in World War II and turned out to be the harbinger of disaster in Vietnam a decade later. Though three years of brutal fighting resulted in millions of casualties, the final truce line of 1953 corresponded almost exactly to the positions the opponents held when the fighting began. Back home, the returning veterans met with little interest in or appreciation of what they had endured. Consequently, literary responses to the Korean War did not find an eager readership. Few people, it seemed, wanted to read about what they perceived as a backwater war that possessed neither grand scale nor apparent nobility, a war that ended not with a bang, but a whimper. Yet an important literature has come out of the Korean War. As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the war, these writings are well worth our attention. Many of the twelve stories and fifty poems assembled in Retrieving Bones have long been out of print and are almost impossible to find in any other source. The editors have enhanced this collection by providing maps, a chronology of the Korean War, and annotated lists of novels, works of nonfiction, and films. In a detailed introduction, Ehrhart and Jason discuss the milestones of the Korean War and place each fiction writer and poet represented into historical and literary contexts. Among the writers and poets are * James Lee Burke * Eugene Burdick * William Chamberlain * Rolando Hinojosa * Reg Saner * Vern Sneider * Stanford Whitmore * Keith Wilson

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