{"product_id":"wandering-souls-journeys-with-the-dead-and-the-living-in-vietnam-9781568587424","title":"Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Vietnam","description":"On March 19, 1969, First Lieutenant Homer R. Steedly, Jr., shot and killed a North Vietnamese soldier, Dam, when they met on a jungle trail. Steedly took a diary -- filled with beautiful line drawings -- from the body of the dead soldier, which he subsequently sent to his mother for safekeeping. Thirty-five years later, Steedly rediscovers the forgotten dairy and begins to confront his suppressed memories of the war that defined his life, deciding to return to Viet Nam and meet the family of the man he killed to seek their forgiveness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fellow veteran and award-winning author Wayne Karlin accompanied Steedly on his remarkable journey. In \u003ci\u003eWandering Souls\u003c\/i\u003e he recounts Homer's movement towards a recovery that could only come about through a confrontation with the ghosts of his past -- and the need of Dam's family to bring their child's \"wandering soul\" to his own peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWandering Souls\u003c\/i\u003e limns the terrible price of war on soldiers and their loved ones, and reveals that we heal not by forgetting war's hard lessons, but by remembering its costs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne Karlin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eLost Armies, The Wished-For Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRumors and Stones\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2005, he received an Excellence in the Arts Award from the Vietnam Veterans of America. Karlin lives in Maryland, where he teaches at the College of Southern Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873604014354,"sku":"9781568587424","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca798fa0-936e-4d84-bc16-c4d54e961ff4.jpg?v=1737943381","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wandering-souls-journeys-with-the-dead-and-the-living-in-vietnam-9781568587424","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}