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Dead on a High Hill

- Essays on War, Literature and Living, 2002-2011

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A new collection of Bill Ehrhart's essays--25 of them, written between 2002 and 2012 on subjects ranging from the Vietnam War failures of American policy-makers to life in 21st century Vietnam; the trenches of the Western Front, the mountains of Korea, the sands of Iraq; from the value of one's name to the cowardice of Congress; mountain gorillas in Rwanda, the journalist Gloria Emerson, teaching poetry to teenagers; on the famous (Wilfred Owen) and the obscure (Robert James Elliott) These essays explore the fallacies of history, the madness of war, the craft of poetry, the profession of teaching, and the art of living.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780786470396
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 204
  • Udgivet:
  • 23. maj 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x10 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 295 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 17. december 2024
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A new collection of Bill Ehrhart's essays--25 of them, written between 2002 and 2012 on subjects ranging from the Vietnam War failures of American policy-makers to life in 21st century Vietnam; the trenches of the Western Front, the mountains of Korea, the sands of Iraq; from the value of one's name to the cowardice of Congress; mountain gorillas in Rwanda, the journalist Gloria Emerson, teaching poetry to teenagers; on the famous (Wilfred Owen) and the obscure (Robert James Elliott) These essays explore the fallacies of history, the madness of war, the craft of poetry, the profession of teaching, and the art of living.

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