Overview

Gerald McCarthy enlisted in the Marines at 17 and volunteered for Vietnam. After the war he went AWOL, then to civilian jails and military brigs and finally to a Navy psychiatric ward, where he witnessed patient-attempted suicides. Medically discharged, he returned home to upstate New York and piecework in shoe factories. Written in two voices--one lucid, one dreamlike--his memoir delivers a jump-cut narrative of his troubled adolescence, his wartime experiences and his struggle to come unstuck from his own life.

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Author:   Gerald A. McCarthy
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9781476692845

ISBN 10:   147669284
Pages:   249
Publication Date:   01 December 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Marking Time  1. Dancing in the Dark  2. Like a Rolling Stone  3. What About Me  4. Miles from Nowhere  5. One Fine Day  6. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?  7. Keep On Pushing  8. Here, There and Everywhere  9. New Beginnings Part II. Going South 10. Standing in the Shadows of Love 11. Sunny 12. Chain of Fools 13. Where Do We Go from Here? 14. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? 15. Darkness, Darkness 16. Who’ll Stop the Rain? 17. Carry That Weight 18. Slippin’ into Darkness Part III. Nothing for Nothing 19. Four Days Gone 20. Running on Empty 21. When You Awake 22. New Beginnings Part IV. In the Zone 23. I Walk the Line 24. I Got Dreams to Remember 25. If You Want Me to Stay 26. There’s a Hole in the Future 27. Goin’ Out of My Head 28. Song of the Wind 29. Catch the Wind 30. My Back Pages 31. Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing 32. New Beginnings Part V. Waking 33. Slippin’ into Darkness 34. Working Class Hero 35. Going Down Slowly 36. Be True to Your School 37. Homeward Bound 38. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? 39. Sweet Melissa 40. The Other Side of the Sky Part VI. Back Stories 41. Going in Circles 42. A House Is Not a Home 43. Estate 44. Dedicated to You 45. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 46. Hurt Part VII. Falling Forward 47. In a Sentimental Mood 48. Winter in America 49. (Who Wrote) The Book of Love? 50. Pavane 51. Rivers of My Fathers 52. When I’m Gone Epilogue: Collateral Damage Music/Playlist Credits Books: A Short List Index

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""A good read... The diverse 52 chapters mix well together into a tasty jambalaya of a book.""-VVA Veteran ""McCarthy has dug deep into his past to produce an astounding volume of literature. Hitchhiking Home from Danang ... reveals the inner world of many war veterans that home folks haven't a clue about.""-Portside ""A good read... The diverse 52 chapters mix well together into a tasty jambalaya of a book.""--VVA Veteran ""McCarthy has dug deep into his past to produce an astounding volume of literature. Hitchhiking Home from Danang ... reveals the inner world of many war veterans that home folks haven't a clue about.""--Portside

"""A good read... The diverse 52 chapters mix well together into a tasty jambalaya of a book.""-VVA Veteran ""A good read... The diverse 52 chapters mix well together into a tasty jambalaya of a book.""--VVA Veteran ""McCarthy has dug deep into his past to produce an astounding volume of literature. Hitchhiking Home from Danang ... reveals the inner world of many war veterans that home folks haven't a clue about.""-Portside ""McCarthy has dug deep into his past to produce an astounding volume of literature. Hitchhiking Home from Danang ... reveals the inner world of many war veterans that home folks haven't a clue about.""--Portside"

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Poet Gerald A. McCarthy lives in Nyack, New York.

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