Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
Registered by VH-50 of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts USA on 4/2/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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This is the coming-of-age story of a young man who enlisted in the Marine Corps straight out of high school and served in the first Gulf War. Its roughness and casual descriptions of brutality won't surprise anyone familiar with the classics of the genre (Manchester's "Goodbye Darkness," Sledge's "With the Old Breed," or Caputo's "A Rumor of War") but its "literary" tone (Swofford went on to college and a career as a writer) may be a little jarring. There's more self-analysis than war story here, but I found it gripping.
My recommendation: Give it 10 pages or so. If the language hasn't put you off by then, give it another 50 pages or so. If the approach hasn't put you off by then, finish it.
My recommendation: Give it 10 pages or so. If the language hasn't put you off by then, give it another 50 pages or so. If the approach hasn't put you off by then, finish it.
Journal Entry 2 by VH-50 at US Post Office, East Cobb Dr.& Roswell Rd. in Marietta, Georgia USA on Friday, April 2, 2004
Released on Friday, April 02, 2004 at US Post Office, East Cobb Dr.& Roswell Rd. in Marietta, Georgia USA.
On the supplies table across from the main counter
On the supplies table across from the main counter
