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OverviewA memoir from the New York Times bestselling author of Warning of War and Marines of Autumn, James Brady's The Scariest Place in the World. Half a century after he fought there as a young lieutenant of Marines, James Brady returns to the brooding Korean ridgelines and mountains to sound taps for a generation. It's been years since Brady first wrote of Korea in The Coldest War, drawing raves from Walter Cronkite and The New York Times, which called it a superb personal memoir of the way it was. In the spring of 2003, Brady and Pulitzer Prize-winning combat photographer Eddie Adams flew in Black Hawk choppers and trekked the Demilitarized Zone where it meanders into North Korea, interviewing four-star generals and bunking in with tough U.S. recon troops, in Brady's words, raw meat on the point of a sharpened stick. Brady recalls that first time on bloody Hill 749, the men who died there, what happened to the Marines who lived to make it home, and experiences yet again the emotional pull of a lifelong love affair with the Corps in which they all served. Brady summons up the past and illuminates the present, be it the Korea of the forgotten war, the Yanks who fought there long ago, or today's soldiers standing wary sentinel over the scariest place in the world. The result is uplifting, inspiring, often heartbreaking, and this Brady memoir proves as powerful as his first. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James BradyPublisher: St. Martins Press-3PL Imprint: St. Martins Press-3PL Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.322kg ISBN: 9780312332433ISBN 10: 0312332432 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 04 April 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews"""James Brady has done it again. A riveting and illuminating insight into a dark corner of the world."" --Tim Russert, NBC's Meet the Press ""His evocation of their lives and his lost youth is most moving, and so, too, are his notes on the passing of former comrades... Graceful, even elegant, and always eloquent tribute to men at arms in a war that, in a way, never ended."" --Kirkus This powerful narrative is an endearing piece of warrior's nostalgia, written with the accustomed skill by a seasoned writer. --Publishers Weekly" James Brady has done it again. A riveting and illuminating insight into a dark corner of the world. --Tim Russert, NBC's Meet the Press His evocation of their lives and his lost youth is most moving, and so, too, are his notes on the passing of former comrades... Graceful, even elegant, and always eloquent tribute to men at arms in a war that, in a way, never ended. --Kirkus This powerful narrative is an endearing piece of warrior's nostalgia, written with the accustomed skill by a seasoned writer. --Publishers Weekly Author InformationJames Brady commanded a rifle platoon during the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star for valor. His weekly columns for Parade magazine and Forbes.com were considered must-reads by millions. He lived in Manhattan and in East Hampton, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |